Folb, Peter I.; Bernatowska, Ewa; Chen, Robert; Clemens, John; Dodoo, Alex N. O.; Ellenberg, Susan S.; Farrington, Paddy; John, T. Jacob; Lambert, Paul-Henri; Macdonald, Noni E; Miller, Elizabeth; Salisbury, David; Schmitt, Heinz-J.; Siegrist, Claire-Anne and Wimalaratne, Omala
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| URL: | http://ajph.aphapublications.org/cgi/reprint/94/11... |
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| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | http://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.94.11.1926 |
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Abstract
Established in 1999, the Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety advises the World Health Organization (WHO) on vaccine-related safety issues and enables WHO to respond promptly, efficiently, and with scientific rigor to issues of vaccine safety with potential global importance. The committee also assesses the implications of vaccine safety for practice worldwide and for WHO policies. We describe the principles on which the committee was established, its modus operandi, and the scope of the work undertaken, both present and future. We highlight its recent recommendations on major issues, including the purported link between the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine and autism and the safety of the mumps, influenza, yellow fever, BCG, and smallpox vaccines as well as that of thiomersal-containing vaccines.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2004 American Public Health Association |
| ISSN: | 1541-0048 |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Mathematics and Statistics Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) |
| Item ID: | 19255 |
| Depositing User: | Colin Smith |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Dec 2009 12:16 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Aug 2016 14:18 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/19255 |
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