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Links
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All Kids
Count (AKC)
(exit
site)
The All Kids Count program administers projects
to develop immunization monitoring and follow-up
systems for preschool children.
Brighton
Collaboration
(exit
site)
A collaboration developing standardized case
definitions of Adverse Events Following Immunization
(AEFIs) to improve immunization safety monitoring
and research.
CDC
Travel Information
Reference material for international travel,
including vaccine recommendations for travel
to various countries.
CDC’s
Division of Viral Hepatitis
Information about hepatitis.
Children's
Hospital - Vaccine Education Center
(exit
site)
The Center, seeks to dispel some of the common
misconceptions and misinformation surrounding
childhood vaccines. The goal is to communicate
the facts about each vaccine as well as how
vaccines are made, how and why vaccines work,
who recommends them, whether they are safe,
whether they are still necessary, and when
they should be given. The Center is staffed
by a team of scientists, physicians, and parents;
the director is Paul A. Offit, M.D.
Children's
Vaccine Program
(exit
site)
(Gates CVP) was established to promote equal
access to lifesaving vaccines worldwide. This
site provides information on advocacy issues,
clinical issues, service delivery, immunization
financing, safe injections, other related organizations,
etc.
Every
Child by Two (ECBT)
(exit
site)
The goals of ECBT are to raise awareness of
the critical need for timely immunization and
foster putting in place a systematic way to
immunize all of America's children by the age
of two.
Global
Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI)
(exit
site)
A partnership dedicated
to ensuring that all children, however poor,
have equal access to vaccines.
Guide
to Community Preventive Services
(exit
site)
Evidence-based strategies for improving and
maintaining vaccine coverage in children, adolescents,
and adults.
Immunization
Action Coalition (IAC)
(exit
site)
Provides camera-ready childhood, adolescent,
and adult immunization information and educational
materials, copyright free! The site also links
to 3 immunization newsletters (“Needle
Tips,” “Vaccinate Adults,”
and “Vaccinate Women”) and provides
weekly email updates for immunization and hepatitis
B.
IMMUNIZATIONbasics (exit
site)
This five-year project
(2004-2009) will aim to improve the ability
of governments and collaborating organizations
to deliver and maintain the coverage of
quality immunization services.
Immunization Gateway
(exit
site)
Links to many expert immunization resources
available on the Internet, conveniently organized
by category.
Institute for Vaccine Safety
(exit site)
Information on vaccines currently in the media
including: anthrax, hepatitis B, MMR, polio,
rotavirus, thimerosal, varicella, and yellow
fever.
National
Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)
(exit
site)
Information on
the research of causes, cures, and prevention
of infectious diseases, public and professional
education programs, immunization publications,
etc.
Vaccine
Information (another site from IAC)
(exit
site)
Information about vaccine-preventable diseases
for the public and health professionals.
National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
(NIAID) Jordan Report
(exit
site)
An overview of vaccine research and development.
National
Network for Immunization Information (NNii)
(exit
site)
Information for the public, health professionals,
policymakers, and the media about immunization.
Site includes immunization news, a vaccine
information database, and a guide to evaluating
vaccination information on the Web.
National
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
(exit
site)
Information about a federal program that provides
compensation for people who may have been seriously
injured by vaccines.
National
Vaccine Program Office (NVPO)
(exit
site)
General information about vaccines and immunization-related
activities at the federal level.
World
Health Organization (WHO) Global Programme
for Vaccines and Immunization
(exit
site)
Information about global polio eradication
and other world-wide immunization issues.
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