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Review
. 2015 Nov 27;33 Suppl 4(0 4):D46-54.
doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.06.073. Epub 2015 Oct 1.

Enhancing vaccine safety capacity globally: A lifecycle perspective

Robert T Chen  1 , Tom T Shimabukuro  2 , David B Martin  3 , Patrick L F Zuber  4 , Daniel M Weibel  5 , Miriam Sturkenboom  5
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Enhancing vaccine safety capacity globally: A lifecycle perspective

Robert T Chen et al. Vaccine. .

Abstract

Major vaccine safety controversies have arisen in several countries beginning in the last decades of 20th century. Such periodic vaccine safety controversies are unlikely to go away in the near future as more national immunization programs mature with near elimination of target vaccine-preventable diseases that result in relative greater prominence of adverse events following immunizations, both true reactions and temporally coincidental events. There are several ways in which vaccine safety capacity can be improved to potentially mitigate the impact of future vaccine safety controversies. This paper aims to take a "lifecycle" approach, examining some potential pre- and post-licensure opportunities to improve vaccine safety, in both developed (specifically U.S. and Europe) and low- and middle-income countries.

Keywords: AEFI; Capacity building; LMICs; Sustainability; Vaccine safety.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest: MS is leading a research group that occasionally conducts research for pharmaceutical companies including Boeheringer, Pfizer, Novartis, Eli Lilly. These are not related to this paper and grants all arrive at Erasmus University Medical Center. None for the other co-authors.

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Figure 1
Potential stages in the evolution of immunization program, showing the dynamics of the interaction between vaccine coverage, disease incidence and vaccine adverse events, as the program matures from pre-vaccine to disease eradication.(14)
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