PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY IMMUNIZATIONS

Vaccine Knowledge Quiz - Active Learning Centre
Tests vaccine knowledge, has database of information.
www.med.jhu.edu

Student Vaccines.com
Provides information on student vaccines against meningitis.
www.studentvaccines.com

Vaccination Services of America
National provider of vaccination services including flu shots.
www.vsamerica.com

Vaccine Page, The
Collects updated information about vaccines and immunology for all audiences.
www.vaccines.org

Immunization Action Coalition (IAC)
Aims to boost immunization rates and prevent disease, with special regard to hepatitis B.
www.immunize.org

Strategic Health Systems
Helps health care providers standardize the way immunizations are administered and recorded.
www.strategichealthsystems.com

Institute for Vaccine Safety (IVS)
Provides up-to-date information and links on specific vaccine safety issues as they arise in the media.
www.vaccinesafety.edu

Vaccine Information Statements (VIS)
Part of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). PDF files of the current statements are handouts for practice displays and to give to patients.
www.cdc.gov

Vaccine Possibilities for Chagas' Disease
A report into research for a vaccine to immunize against the one of the major causes of infectious disease in poorer South American countries.
uk.geocities.com

ImmunoFacts
Deals with US and Canadian vaccine recommendations, state and international vaccine practice and safety issues, regulations and government databases.
www.immunofacts.com

International Vaccine Institute (IVI)
An international organization based in Seoul and devoted to bringing vaccines against cholera, shigellosis, and typhoid fever to the poor populations.
www.ivi.org

International Finance Facility for Immunisation
Accelerates the availability of funds for health and immunisation programmes through the GAVI Alliance in 70 of the poorest countries around the world.
www.iff-immunisation.org

Vaccine
A journal for academics and workers in the field of vaccination. Relevant topics range from basic research through to applications, safety and legislation.
www.elsevier.com

Protecting Health Through Immunization
Information provided by Sanofi Pasteur, about vaccine-preventable diseases, vaccine safety, recommended childhood, adolescent, and adult immunization schedules.
www.vaccineprotection.com

Sealy Center for Vaccine Development (SCVD)
Fosters interdisciplinary collaborations in the areas of research, policy, and education to facilitate the translation of laboratory findings to prevention of infectious diseases.
www.utmb.edu

Smallpox Vaccine Research
An interview about smallpox and its vaccines with Paula Traktman, PhD, Walter Schroeder Professor and Chairman of the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (December 27, 2001)
healthlink.mcw.edu

Sabin Vaccine Institute
A non-profit organization that promotes advances in vaccine development, delivery and distribution focusing on polio, rubella, rotavirus, and hookworm. Provides awards and organizes symposia
www.sabin.org

National Network for Immunization Information (NNii)
Provides the public, health professionals, policy makers, and the media with up-to-date, scientifically valid information related to immunization to help them understand the issues and to make informed decisions.
www.immunizationinfo.org

Vaccination
This tries to help by giving simple facts about the different diseases, their corresponding vaccines / vaccinations and the risks attached to both, places to find guidance and allow you to meet others in the same situation.
www.vaccination.co.uk

US–Indo Vaccine Research Program
Details of a bilateral program involving the USA and India in laboratory-based research, epidemiological studies, field trials, quality control, and delivery of vaccines. A department of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
www3.niaid.nih.gov

Vaccine Identification Standards Initiative (VISI)
Uniform guidelines and resources for vaccine packaging, labeling, and recording to enhance the safety of vaccination and the accuracy and convenience of transferring vaccine identifying information into medical records and immunization registries.
www.cdc.gov

WHO - Immunization. Vaccines and Biologicals
The World Health Organization's programme comprises 5 departments : Quality Assurance and Safety of Biologicals (QSB), Vaccine Development (VAD), Vaccine Assessment and Monitoring (VAM), Access to Technologies (ATT) and Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI).
www.who.int