The Children's Vaccine Initiative:

Achieving the Vision

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Publication Year:1993

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Violaine S. Mitchell, Nalini M. Philipose, and Jay P. Sanford, Editors; Committee on the Children's Vaccine Initiative: Planning Alternative Strategies, Institute of Medicine
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The Children's Vaccine Initiative is an international endeavor to ensure that children throughout the world are immunized. This book notes that one of the best opportunities to address the growing problem of immunization in the United States and to improve ...
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FRONT MATTER	i-xvi	(skim)
1 Executive Summary	1-18	(skim)
2 Why a Children's Vaccine Initiative	19-35	(skim)
3 Resources and Infrastructure	36-65	(skim)
4 Vaccine Demand and Supply	66-97	(skim)
5 Investing in New and Improved Vaccines	98-108	(skim)
6 Stages of Vaccine Development	109-127	(skim)
7 A Strategy to Enhance U.S. Participation in the Children's Vaccine Initiative	128-146	(skim)
Appendix A: Relevant Intellectual Property Rights Law	147-159	(skim)
Appendix B: National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program	160-163	(skim)
Appendix C: Regulatory Aspects of Vaccine Development, Manufacture, and Distribution	164-169	(skim)
Appendix D: Strategies for Achieving Full U.S. Participation in the Children's Vaccine Initiative	170-183	(skim)
Appendix E: Public Health Service Act (1944)	184-188	(skim)
Appendix F: National Vaccine Program Legislation	189-192	(skim)
Appendix G: Immunization Schedules	193-195	(skim)
Appendix H: Historical Record of Vaccine Product License Holders in the United States	196-204	(skim)
Appendix I: Working Group Participants	205-209	(skim)
Appendix J: Committee and Staff Biographies	210-219	(skim)
Appendix K: Acronyms	220-221	(skim)

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The Children's Vaccine Initiative is an international endeavor to ensure that children throughout the world are immunized. This book notes that one of the best opportunities to address the growing problem of immunization in the United States and to improve the health of children in developing countries lies in marshaling the vaccine development and production efforts in the United States and abroad. The book contains information on the nature and status of vaccine development and production efforts in the United States and abroad, and it recommends ways to enhance participation in the International Children's Vaccine Initiative.

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