TY - JOUR
T1 - Survey of vaccine distribution and delivery issues in the USA
T2 - From pediatrics to pandemics
AU - Jacobson, Sheldon H.
AU - Sewell, Edward C.
AU - Jokela, Janet A.
N1 - Funding Information:
The vaccine and immunization research of Jacobson and Sewell has been supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation (DMI-0457176, DMI-0456945). The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
N2 - Vaccine distribution and delivery has become an issue of significant interest, given the threat of a pandemic influenza outbreak and the resulting need for coordinated efforts to distribute and deliver pandemic influenza vaccines into the hands of healthcare workers responsible for administering them. This review provides an overview of the issues that are most relevant to vaccine distribution and delivery, including routine pediatric immunization, combination vaccines, vaccine shortages and stockpiling, seasonal influenza vaccines and, of most current interest, a discussion on pandemic influenza outbreak issues and a list of future distribution and delivery challenges that may be faced during such an event.
AB - Vaccine distribution and delivery has become an issue of significant interest, given the threat of a pandemic influenza outbreak and the resulting need for coordinated efforts to distribute and deliver pandemic influenza vaccines into the hands of healthcare workers responsible for administering them. This review provides an overview of the issues that are most relevant to vaccine distribution and delivery, including routine pediatric immunization, combination vaccines, vaccine shortages and stockpiling, seasonal influenza vaccines and, of most current interest, a discussion on pandemic influenza outbreak issues and a list of future distribution and delivery challenges that may be faced during such an event.
KW - Pandemic response
KW - Routine immunization
KW - Vaccine delivery
KW - Vaccine distribution
KW - Vaccine economics
KW - Vaccine supply chain
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U2 - 10.1586/14760584.6.6.981
DO - 10.1586/14760584.6.6.981
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18377360
AN - SCOPUS:37149053451
SN - 1476-0584
VL - 6
SP - 981
EP - 990
JO - Expert review of vaccines
JF - Expert review of vaccines
IS - 6
ER -