Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety, June 2012.

Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety review of pentavalent vaccine safety concerns in four Asian countries

Since 2008, Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) vaccine has increasingly been introduced into Asian countries immunisation programmes. Hib vaccine has mainly been introduced as a combination pentavalent vaccine, which has replaced the traditional DTwP or DTPwP-HepB vaccines. As expected with the introduction of a new vaccine, there has been increased attention to serious adverse events following...

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

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 de...

Update on Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Vaccine Recommendations, June 2012.

Characteristics of Articles About Human Papillomavirus Vaccination in Japanese Newspapers: Time-Series Analysis Study

BACKGROUND Media coverage and reports have a major influence on individual vaccination and other health-related activities. People use the media to seek information and knowledge on health-related behaviors. They obtain health-related information from media such as television and newspapers, and they trust such information. While several studies have examined the relation between media coverage...

HPV vaccination crisis in Japan.

www.thelancet.com Vol 385 June 27, 2015 2571 Submissions should be made via our electronic submission system at http://ees.elsevier.com/ thelancet/ similar adverse event crises, are already documenting substantial reductions in precancerous cervical lesions in those vaccinated. No vaccine safety signal has been recorded in Japan. Instead, individuals who have the misfortune to be unwell with ra...