The children's vaccine initiative : continuing activities : a summary of two workshops held September 12-13 and October 25-26, 1994 / Greg W. Pearson, editor ; Steering Committee on the Children's Vaccine Initiative: Continuing Activities, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pearson, Greg W.

Hall, Caroline Breese.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Steering Committee on the Children's Vaccine Initiative: Continuing Activities.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vaccination of children.

Vaccines.

Immunization of children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 55 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""The Children's Vaccine Initiative: Continuing Activities""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Promise and Problems: Hib, Pneumococcal, and Meningococcal Vaccines in the Developing World""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""ARI AND MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD""; ""DETERMINING VACCINE NEED""; ""OVERCOMING SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL BARRIERS""; ""Pneumococcal Vaccines""; ""Meningococcal Vaccines""; ""PROVING VACCINE EFFICACY: THE CHALLENGE OF DEVELOPING-COUNTRY FIELD TRIALS""; ""The Public-/Private-Sector Interface""; ""INTRODUCING AN EFFECTIVE VACCINE""

""Involving the U.S. Public and Private Sectors in the CVI""""INTRODUCTION""; ""BRINGING CLARITY TO THE CVI VISION""; ""TRENDS IN THE GLOBAL VACCINE SITUATION""; ""Industry Characteristics""; ""Local Production and Self-Sufficiency""; ""RESHAPING THE EPI""; ""A ROLE FOR INDUSTRY""; ""Barriers to Participation""; ""FACILITATING GREATER U.S. INVOLVEMENT""; ""Differential Pricing""; ""Technology Transfer""; ""DISCUSSION SUMMARY""; ""Appendix A Promise and Problems: Hib, Pneumococcal, and Meningococcal Vaccines in the Developing World""; ""FINAL AGENDA""; ""Day 1""; ""Day 2""

""WORKSHOP SPEAKERS""""WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS""; ""Staff""; ""Appendix B Involving the U.S. Public and Private Sectors in the CVI""; ""FINAL AGENDA""; ""Day 1""; ""Involving the U.S. Public and Private Sectors in the CVI""; ""WORKSHOP SPEAKERS""; ""COMMISSIONED PAPER""; ""WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS""; ""Staff""; ""Appendix C Acronyms and Abbreviations""

Notes:

Committee chair: Caroline Breese Hall.

Support for this project was provided by the Agency for International Development.

A summary of two workshops held September 12-13 and October 25-26, 1994.

OCLC:

923270744