Establishing global policy recommendations: The role of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization

Expert Review of Vaccines

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-173

  Duclos, Philippe ^a   Okwo Bele, Jean Marie ^a   Salisbury, David ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b 510 Wellington House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

global; goals; immunization; policy recommendations; Strategic Advisory Group of Experts; vaccine position paper; WHO

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MALARIA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG SAFETY; EXPERT SYSTEM; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXPERT; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; STRATEGIC ADVISORY GROUP OF EXPERTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; POLICY MAKING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79951900558     PISSN: 14760584     EISSN: 17448395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erv.10.171     Document Type: Article

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