Appendix G
Acronyms
ACIP Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
AE adverse event
AHIP America’s Health Insurance Plans
AMC Advance Market Commitment
ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
ASPR Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
BARDA Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority
BLA Biological License Application
BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
CAVD Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery
CBER Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CISA Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment
CMS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
DALY disability-adjusted life year
DoD Department of Defense
DTaP/DTP diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus vaccine
EHR electronic health record
EMEA European Medicines Agency
EMR electronic medical record
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FE(L)TP Field Epidemiology Training Program/Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program
FTE full-time equivalent/employee
GAVI Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation
HEDIS Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set
HHS Department of Health and Human Services
Hib Haemophilus influenzae type B
HIT health information technology
HPV human papilloma virus
HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration
IAVG Interagency Vaccine Group
IAVI International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
IFFIm International Financing Facility for Immunization
IIS immunization information systems
IOM Institute of Medicine
IPV inactivated polio vaccine
ISO Immunization Safety Office
IT information technology
MCO managed care organization
MMR measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine
MMRV measles, mumps, rubella, and chickenpox vaccine
NCHS National Center for Health Statistics
NCI National Cancer Institute
NCQA National Committee for Quality Assurance
NCVIA National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act
NDA New Drug Application
NHIN National Health Information Network
NIAID National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
NICHD National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
NIH National Institutes of Health
NIS National Immunization Survey
NVAC National Vaccine Advisory Committee
NVIC National Vaccine Information Center
NVP National Vaccine Plan
NVPO National Vaccine Program Office
ONCHIT Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
OPHS Office of Public Health and Science
OPV oral polio vaccine
PAHO Pan American Health Organization
PATH Program for Appropriate Technology in Health
PDP product development partnership
PEPPPI Public Engagement Pilot Project on Pandemic Influenza
PHS Public Health Service
PRISM Post-Licensure Rapid Immunization Safety Monitoring
RRV-TV Tetravalent Rhesus-based Rotavirus Vaccine
RVP Rotavirus Vaccine Program
SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome
SCHIP State Children’s Health Insurance Program
SIVR Strategic Issues in Vaccine Research
TB tuberculosis
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
USAID United States Agency for International Development
VA Department of Veterans Affairs
VAERS Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
VFC Vaccines for Children
VHC Vaccine Healthcare Center
VICP Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
VPACE Vaccine Policy Analysis Collaborative
VPD vaccine-preventable disease
VSD Vaccine Safety Datalink
WHO World Health Organization