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

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  • Folb, P.I.
  • Bernatowska, E.
  • Chen, R.
  • Clemens, J.
  • Dodoo, A.N.O.
  • Ellenberg, S.S.
  • Farrington, C.P.
  • John, T.J.
  • Lambert, P.-H.
  • MacDonald, N.E.
  • Miller, E.
  • Salisbury, D.
  • Schmitt, H.-J.
  • Siegrist, C.-A.
  • Wimalaratne, O.

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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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  • Folb, P.I. & Bernatowska, E. & Chen, R. & Clemens, J. & Dodoo, A.N.O. & Ellenberg, S.S. & Farrington, C.P. & John, T.J. & Lambert, P.-H. & MacDonald, N.E. & Miller, E. & Salisbury, D. & Schmitt, H.-J., 2004. "A global perspective on vaccine safety and public health: The Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 94(11), pages 1926-1931.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:2004:94:11:1926-1931_0
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    1. Lay, Jann & Robilliard, Anne-Sophie, 2009. "The complementarity of MDG achievements : the case of child mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5062, The World Bank.

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