TY - JOUR
T1 - A global perspective on vaccine safety and public health
T2 - The Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety
AU - Folb, Peter I.
AU - Bernatowska, Ewa
AU - Chen, Robert
AU - Clemens, John
AU - Dodoo, Alex N.O.
AU - Ellenberg, Susan S.
AU - Farrington, C. Patrick
AU - John, T. Jacob
AU - Lambert, Paul Henri
AU - MacDonald, Noni E.
AU - Miller, Elizabeth
AU - Salisbury, David
AU - Schmitt, Heinz J.
AU - Siegrist, Claire Anne
AU - Wimalaratne, Omala
PY - 2004/11
Y1 - 2004/11
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.94.11.1926
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.94.11.1926
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:7244219968
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 94
SP - 1926
EP - 1931
JO - American Journal of Public Health
JF - American Journal of Public Health
IS - 11
ER -
