Biotechnology:
Vaccines
See
also:
Sites:
- Vaccines,
Immunization and Biologicals
*Cool
Site* - 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).
- Children's Vaccine Program at Path - An effort
to introduce new vaccines
to developing countries.
Funded by Bill and Melinda
Gates' Foundation.
- EuroELSAV - Ethical, legal and social aspects
of vaccine research and
vaccinations policies in
Europe.
- Immunization & Vaccination - Outlines the
importance of immunization
and vaccination for adults
and children. Also discusses
risks and current issues.
- Immunization
Action Coalition (IAC)
- Aims to boost immunization
rates and prevent disease,
with special regard to hepatitis
B.
- ImmunoFacts - Deals with US & Canadian vaccine
recommendations, state and
international vaccine information,
practice & safety issues,
laws & regulations,
and government databases.
- Institute for Vaccine Safety (IVS) - Providing
up-to-date information and
links on specific vaccine
safety issues as they arise
in the media.
- International
Vaccine Institute (IVI)
- Founded on the belief
that health in developing
countries can be dramatically
improved by the development,
introduction and use of
new and improved vaccines
and that these vaccines
should be developed through
a dynamic interaction among
science, public health,
and business.
- National
Coalition for Adult Immunization
(NCAI) - Extensive information
on adolescent and adult
immunizations. Fact sheets,
publications and recommended
schedules listed online.
- National Network for Immunization Information (NNii)
- The mission of the NNii
is to provide 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.
- Protecting Health Through Immunization - Information
about vaccine-preventable
diseases, vaccine safety,
recommended childhood, adolescent,
and adult immunization schedules,
answers to frequently asked
questions, and other information
about protecting your health
and improving your safety
by Aventis Pasteur, Inc.
- Sabin
Vaccine Institute -
The Albert B.Sabin Vaccine
Institute promotes rapid
scientific advances in vaccine
development, delivery and
distribution worldwide.
- Smallpox Vaccine Research - Medical College of
Wisconsin researchers have
been studying vaccinia virus,
which makes up the smallpox
vaccine, as a way of understanding
how viruses and vaccines
work at the cellular level.
- SmithKline Beecham Worldwide Vaccines - A vaccines
educational site for healthcare
community and public. Sections
include vaccine preventable
diseases, daily healthcare
bulletins, vaccine literature
and medical congress databases.
(Not intended for US audiences)
- Strategic Health Systems - An information system
to help health care providers
standardize the way immunizations
are administered and recorded.
- Student Vaccines.com - Provides information on
student vaccines against
meningitis.
- Therapeutic vaccines - Part of Molecular Immunology
website. Therapeutic vaccines
classified according to
components (including live,
attenuated, subunit, dendritic
cells and DNA vaccines)
for infectious agents and
tumors.
- 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.
- 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.
- Vaccination
Services of America
- National provider of vaccination
services including flu shots.
- Vaccine - A journal for academics and workers
in the field of vaccination.
Relevant topics range from
basic research through to
applications, safety and
legislation.
- 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.
- 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.
- Vaccine Knowledge Quiz - Active Learning Centre
- Tests vaccine knowledge,
has database of information.
- Vaccine
Page, The - Collects
updated information about
vaccines and immunology
for all audiences.
- 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
pooper South American Countries.
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