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Title The children's vaccine initiative : achieving the vision / Violaine S. Mitchell, Nalini M. Philipose, and Jay P. Sanford, editors ; Committee on the Children's Vaccine Initiative : Planning Alternative Strategies Toward Full U.S. Participation, Division of International Health, Institute of Medicine.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1993.

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 221 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note Support provided by the Agency for International Development, the Dept. of Health and Human Services, the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, the United Nations Development Program, and the World Health Organization, Children's Vaccine Initiative.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Why a children's vaccine initiative -- Progress toward universal childhood immunization -- Limits of the expanded program on immunization -- Children's vaccine initiative -- Characteristics of CVI vaccines -- Concerns about the CVI -- Relevance of the CVI to the U.S. immunization efforts -- Status of immunization efforts in the United States -- Role for the CVI in the United States -- Resources and infrastructure -- Resources in the United States -- U.S. federal agencies and programs -- U.S. state vaccine manufacturers -- U.S.-based pharmaceutical firms -- Development-stage companies -- Nongovernmental organizations -- International resources -- Multilateral organizations -- Public-sector resources -- Private-sector resources -- Nongovernmental organizations -- Vaccine demand and supply -- Global demand and supply -- Demand and supply in the United States -- Investing in new and improved vaccines -- Market considerations -- Liability -- Stages of vaccine development -- Priority setting -- Basic and applied research -- Clinical evaluation -- Licensure -- Production -- Recommendations for use.
(cont) Procurement -- Distribution and delivery -- Surveillance -- Strategy to enhance U.S. participation in the children's vaccine initiative -- National vaccine authority -- Relevant Intellectual Property Rights Law -- National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program -- Regulatory aspects of vaccine development, manufacture and distribution -- Strategies for achieving full U.S. participation in the children's vaccine initiative -- Public Health Service Act (1944) -- National vaccine program legislation -- Immunization schedules -- Historical record of vaccine product license holders in the United States -- Working group participants -- Committee and staff biographies -- Acronyms.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Vaccination of children.
Vaccination of children.
Vaccines.
Vaccines.
Immunization of children.
Immunization of children.
Vaccination.
Infant.
Child.
Immunization Programs.
Immunization Schedule.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Sanford, Jay P., 1928-1996.
Mitchell, Violaine S.
Philipose, Nalini M.
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Children's Vaccine Initiative: Planning Alternative Strategies Toward Full U.S. Participation.
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Division of International Health.
Other Form: Print version: Children's vaccine initiative. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1993 0309049407 (DLC) 93084552 (OCoLC)28471552
ISBN 0585143528 (electronic book)
9780585143521 (electronic book)
0309049407 (paperback)
9780309049405 (paperback)