Related Links

All Kids Count (AKC)
http://www.allkidscount.org/ The All Kids Count program administers projects to develop immunization monitoring and follow-up systems for preschool children.

American College of Preventive Medicine
http://www.acpm.org/ Professional society for physicians committed to disease prevention and health promotion. General overview of immunization is discussed under the heading "What is Preventive Medicine." More specific information is accessed in "ACPM Policy Statements: Adult Immunizations or Childhood Immunizations" as well as "Policies in Progress." Moderate difficulty for non-medical readers.

American Medical Association
http://www.ama-assn.org/ Professional, members-only physicians' organization working towards the development of standards, ethics and excellence in medical education and practice. Immunization information for the general public can be located via "Consumer Health Information: Search: Vaccines."

American Public Health Association (APHA)
http://www.apha.org/ Organization of public health officials from multiple disciplines dealing with federal and state funded environmental and personal health issues such as pollution. For immunization information as it pertains to the public health environment go to "Sections, SPIGs and Caucuses: APHA Sections & Special Interest Groups Sections: Epidemiology".

CDC - Rotavirus
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/gastro/rotavirus.htm Center for Disease Control - Rotavirus information.

CDC — National Immunization Program (NIP)
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/default.htm Center for Disease Control - National Immunization Program: Leading the way to healthy lives.

CDC Travel Information
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/ Reference material for international travel, including vaccine recommendations for travel to various countries.

Children's Vaccine Program
http://www.childrensvaccine.org (Gates CVP) was established to promote equal access to lifesaving vaccines worldwide. This site provides information on advocacy issues, clinical issues, service delivery, immunization financing, safe injections, other related organizations, etc.

Every Child by Two (ECBT)
http://www.ecbt.org/ The goals of ECBT are to raise awareness of the critical need for timely immunization and foster putting in place a systematic way to immunize all of America's children by the age of two.

Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI)
http://www.vaccinealliance.org/ A partnership dedicated to ensuring that all children, however poor, have equal access to vaccines.

Guide to Community Preventive Services — Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
http://www.thecommunityguide.org (Go to The Guide and then to Vaccine-Preventable Diseases.) Evidence-based strategies for improving and maintaining vaccine coverage in children, adolescents, and adults.

Immunization Action Coalition (IAC)
http://www.immunize.org Abundant useful information about immunization, including information about immunization resources and their newsletter Needle Tips.

Immunization Gateway
http://www.immunofacts.com/ Links to many expert immunization resources available on the Internet, conveniently organized by category.

Institute for Vaccine Safety
http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/ Information on vaccines currently in the media including: anthrax, hepatitis B, MMR, polio, rotavirus, thimerosal, varicella, and yellow fever.

IVI
http://www.ivi.org The International Vaccine Institute is dedicated to preventing infectious disease through science.

KidsHealth
http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/rotavirus.html Information on Rotavirus.

National Coalition for Adult Immunization (NCAI)
http://www.nfid.org/ncai Information about adult and adolescent immunization, including the NCAI's newsletter Coalition News.

National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)
http://www.nfid.org/ Information on the research of causes, cures, and prevention of infectious diseases, public and professional education programs, immunization publications, etc.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) — The Jordan Report
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/pdf/jordan.pdf An overview of vaccine research and development.

National Network for Immunization Information (NNii)
http://www.immunizationinfo.org Information for the public, health professionals, policymakers, and the media about immunization. Site includes immunization news, a vaccine information database, and a guide to evaluating vaccination information on the Web.

National Partnership for Immunization (NPI)
http://www.partnersforimmunization.org Regularly features information such as general vaccine information, state requirements, bioterrorism, vaccine safety, immunization registry, state health profiles, etc.

National Vaccine Information Center
http://www.909shot.com/PressReleases/prrotavirus.htm News release about the vaccine problem.

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
http://www.hrsa.gov/osp/vicp/vicp.html Information about a federal program that provides compensation for people who may have been seriously injured by vaccines.

National Vaccine Program Office (NVPO)
http://www.cdc.gov/od/nvpo/ General information about vaccines and immunization-related activities at the federal level.

PAHO — Pan American Health Organization
http://www.paho.org Regional Office for America of the World Health Organization - Improving the Health of the Peoples of America

Partnership for Prevention
http://www.prevent.org/ Working to emphasize disease prevention and health promotion in national policy and practice, Partnership for Prevention is a membership association of corporations, non-profits and state health departments. Current activity in immunization can be found in the section "Policy & Advocacy: 180 Policy Ideas: Immunization and Infectious Diseases".

Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
http://www.path.org/index.htm PATH works towards the improvement of health with special emphasis on women and children. Focus is on the quality of reproductive health services as well as prevention and reduction of widespread communicable diseases. A wealth of information relating to immunization is found via the search option: "Immunization".

THE VACCINE PAGE
http://www.vaccines.com/ The Vaccine Page provides access to up-to-the-minute news about vaccines and an annotated database of vaccine resources in the Web.

Vaccine Information
http://www.vaccineinformation.org/ Information about vaccine-preventable diseases for the public and health professionals.

WHO — Vaccines
http://www.who.int/vaccines-diseases This site comprehensively describes all major vaccine-preventable diseases, dealing with the disease itself, the vaccine, research and the policy for each one.

World Health Organization (WHO) - Global Programme for Vaccines and Immunization
http://www.who.ch/gpv/ Information about global polio eradication and other world-wide immunization issues.