| Pubmed
This is the best resource to obtain information on vaccine trials and publications related to vaccines in peer reviewed journals. There is a link on the home page to pubmed tutorials which are recommended for all users. |
Centers for Disease Control
The Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC’s) National Immunization Program (NIP) site provides current Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations, gives details about and shows pictures of vaccine preventable diseases, describes how vaccines work, and discusses issues of vaccine safety. |
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| World Health Organization
The World Health Organization has a lot of material related to immunization. Most important are the WHO position papers on various vaccines and vaccine preventable diseases. |
Immunization Action Coalition
The Immunization Action Coalition is a nonprofit US organization that works to boost immunization rates. It has an eye catching home page with cartoon figures as advocates for vaccination (figure 1). It has excellent photographs of patients with vaccine-preventable diseases that can be downloaded (copyright- free) for educational purposes. Current issues of vaccine shortages and safety are discussed. Information about immunizations from the CDC and state governments is provided. |
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| American Academy of Pediatrics
The official Web site of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is an excellent source for photographs of vaccine preventable diseases, videotapes on immunizations, discussions of safety issues, and updates on current vaccine shortages as well as access to reminder and recall materials, Vaccine Information Statements, and an electronic copy of The Red Book. Finally, it provides information on immunization registries, which are a growing trend for the accurate tracking of childhood immunizations, so that duplicate or missed immunizations may be avoided. |
National Network for Immunization Information (NNii)
The National Network for Immunization Information has an excellent page about evaluating vaccine information on the Web. There are separate sections for parents, partners, policy makers, and professionals. There is also an excellent image gallery of vaccine preventable diseases that may be of value to physicians, providers, and the public who have never encountered these diseases in their clinical and life experience. The site also addresses current issues, such as the shortage in vaccine supplies, vaccine safety, and bioterrorism. |
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| Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
The Vaccine Education Center site from Childrens hospital Philadelphia is very well structured and it contains current information, including details about each vaccine, the vaccination schedule, and an excellent discussion of safety issues. It has separate sections for parents and professionals and discusses vaccination for travelers as well as recent “hot topics,” such as bioterrorism. |
Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization
The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization is a non profit organization committed to making vaccines available to children in resource limited settings at highly subsidized rates. Between 2000 to 2006, GAVI Alliance committed >US$2.2 billion to support 5-year immunisation programmes in 75 of world’s poor countries (those with GNI per capita of less than 1000 USD. |
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| Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
The Program for Appropriate Technology in health (PATH) is a non governmental organization working towards improving immunization in resource limited settings ( eg JE vaccination campaign in India). |
Allied Vaccine Group
The Vaccine Page (part of the Allied Vaccine Group) is perhaps the best-organized site of those reviewed, with separate sections for adults, parents, practitioners, and researchers. It includes links to related journals and organizations as well as many national and international sites, including official sites from different countries. It also contains information on travel vaccines and vaccines for agents of bioterrorism, such as smallpox and anthrax. |
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