Priorities for the National Vaccine Plan [With CDROM] (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780309146531)

Vaccination is a fundamental component of preventive medicine and public health. The use of vaccines to prevent infectious diseases has resulted in dramatic decreases in disease, disability, and death in the United States and around the world. The current political, economic, and social environment presents both opportunities for and challenges to strengthening the U.S. system for developing, manufacturing, regulating, distributing, funding, and administering safe and effective vaccines for all people. Priorities for the National Vaccine Plan examines the extraordinarily complex vaccine enterprise, from research and development of new vaccines to financing and reimbursement of immunization services.

Priorities for the National Vaccine Plan examines the extraordinarily complex vaccine enterprise, from research and development of new vaccines to financing and reimbursement of immunization services. The book makes recommendations about priority actions in the update to the National Vaccine Plan that are intended to achieve the objectives of disease prevention and enhancement of vaccine safety. It is centered on the plan's five goals in the areas of vaccine development, safety, communication, supply and use, and global health.

Author: Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public He,Committee on Review of Priorities in the
ISBN-10: 0309146534
ISBN-13: 9780309146531
Publisher: National Academies Press
Language: English
Published: 06/17/2010
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.40d