A global perspective on vaccine safety and public health: the Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety

Folb, Peter I; Bernatowska, Ewa; Chen, Robert; Clemens, John; Dodoo, Alex N O; Ellenberg, Susan S; Farrington, C Patrick; John, T Jacob; Lambert, Paul Henri; Macdonald, Noni E; Miller, Elizabeth; Salisbury, David; Schmitt, Heinz-J; Siegrist, Claire-Anne; Wimalaratne, Omala

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Title		A global perspective on vaccine safety and public health: the Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety
Authors		Folb, Peter I Bernatowska, Ewa Chen, Robert Clemens, John Dodoo, Alex N O Ellenberg, Susan S Farrington, C Patrick John, T Jacob Lambert, Paul Henri Macdonald, Noni E Miller, Elizabeth Salisbury, David Schmitt, Heinz-J Siegrist, Claire-Anne Wimalaratne, Omala show all authors [1 - 15]
Published in		American Journal of Public Health. 2004, vol. 94, no. 11, p. 1926-31
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.
Keywords		Advisory Committees/organization & administration — Global Health — Humans — Safety — Vaccines/adverse effects — World Health Organization
Identifiers		PMID: 15514229
Full text		Article (Published version) (94 Kb) - Free access Other version: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1448561/
Structures		Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine fondamentale / Département de pathologie et immunologie Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie
Research group		Centre de Vaccinologie et d'Immunologie néonatale (177)
Citation (ISO format)		FOLB, Peter I et al. A global perspective on vaccine safety and public health: the Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety. In: American Journal of Public Health, 2004, vol. 94, n° 11, p. 1926-31. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:55634