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The Institute of Medicine's Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events: Regional Workshop Series on the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccination Campaign

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2013

Clare Stroud ,
Bruce M. Altevogt ,
Jay C. Butler  and
Jeffrey S. Duchin
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Abstract

In response to the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, public health authorities launched an ambitious vaccination program to protect tens of millions of Americans from the virus. In April and May 2010, the Institute of Medicine Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events hosted a series of 3 regional workshops to examine the 2009 H1N1 vaccination campaign. The workshops brought together stakeholders involved in distributing and dispensing H1N1 vaccine to discuss successes and challenges and to identify strategies to improve future vaccination programs and other medical countermeasure dispensing campaigns. On the basis of the presentations and the discussions that followed, several themes and opportunities for future efforts were identified in the following areas: vaccine supply and demand; state and local implementation of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommendations, including prioritization for vaccination; vaccine formulations and priority groups; opportunities for developing partnerships; opportunities to increase seasonal vaccination rates among pregnant women and health care workers and to increase acceptance of live attenuated nasal spray vaccine; standardization and improvement of immunization information management systems; opportunities to simplify, systematize, and automate processes and practices; and research needs and opportunities.

(Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2011;5:81-86)

Keywords

Institute of Medicinepublic health preparednessdisease outbreaksinfluenza A virus, H1N1 subtypeinfluenza vaccinesimmunizationregional health planningvaccine supplyH1N1 influenzapandemicvaccination campaign
Type
Commentary
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , March 2011 , pp. 81 - 86
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2011

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