Background Information

• Vaccine production, distribution, access, and uptake, The Lancet, 2011
  
• Immunization highlights: 2010, WHO, 2011
  
• Ensuring that Developing Countries have Access to New Healthcare Products: The Role of Product Development Partnerships, bioDevelopments-International Institute Inc., 2010
  
• A global look at national Immunization Technical Advisory Groups, Vaccine, 2010
  
• The Jordan Report: Accelerated Development of Vaccines 2007, National Institutes of Health, 2007
  
• Global Framework for Immunization Monitoring and Surveillance, WHO, 2007
  
• The Value of Vaccination, World Economics, 2005
  
• Buying results? Contracting for health service delivery in developing countries, Lancet, 2005
  
• A code of best practice for disease control programmes to avoid damaging health care services in developing countries, International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2003
  
• Immunisation policy: from compliance to concordance?, British Journal of General Practice, 2003
  
• The Jordan Report 20th Anniversary: Accelerated Development of Vaccines 2002, National Institute of Health, 2002
  
• Assessing New Vaccines for National Immunization Programmes: A framework to assist decision makers, WHO, 2000
  
• The Burden of Disease among the Global Poor, The World Bank Group, 1999
  

Useful Links

• Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention —The Chinese CDC website highlights important news and research emerging in China’s health system. The website also notes infectious disease statistics, including rates of death and infection.
  
• Indian National Centre for Disease Control —The NCDC website provides links to other divisions of the center which deal with India’s disease control and research. It also provides information on how infectious diseases are monitored and evaluated.
  
• UNICEF —UNICEF’s purpose is to advocate to children, especially those without access to basic human services. Their purpose is to work with partners to overcome obstacles poverty, violence, disease, and discrimination place in a child’s path.
  
• UK Department of Health —The UK Department of Health website provides resources to vaccine information, the country’s policies on immunization, as well as guidelines to prevent infections from spreading.
  
• U.S. Center for Disease Control —The CDC website provides useful information on prevention of spreading infectious diseases, as well as various resources on infectious diseases and vaccines.
  
• PATH —PATH is an international non-profit organization that creates sustainable, and culturally relevant solutions to enable communities worldwide to break longstanding cycles of poor health. To work towards this goal, PATH has a vaccine program which strives to protect vulnerable communities through equal access to vaccines.
  
• WHO–Immunization, Vaccines, and Biologicals —The WHO’S IVB website contains information on vaccine topics, including links to the WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization, position papers providing WHO recommendations, and general updates on vaccine developments.
  

Additional Resources

• Asian Development Bank (ADB) —The ADB’s website is a comprehensive resource with links to various projects funded by the bank, informational publications, as well as updates on the economics of Asia.
  
• PAHO-Immunization —The PAHO Immunization website provides information and updates on vaccination policies in the Americas.
  
• PATH’s Vaccine Resource Library —The VRL offers high-quality and scientifically accurate documents and links on specific diseases and topics in immunization.
  
• Supporting National Independent Immunization Vaccine Advisory Committees —SIVAC’s website contains information for countries looking towards establishing and strengthening functional and sustainable National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups, to enhance the use of evidence-based decision making in the development of immunization programs and policies.
  
• U.S. National Immunization Technical Advisory Group —The NITAG website provides a considerable amount of guidance in developing and strengthening immunization policies and programs, and also had a searchable resource page of articles pertaining to immunization policies.
  
• WHO–New and Under-utilized Vaccines Implementation —The NUVI website is divided into strategies related to introducing new vaccines and includes key resources and tools pertaining to vaccines.