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SITES RELACIONADOS À VACINAS
Sbim - Associação Brasileira de Imunizações.
PNI - Programa Nacional de Imunizações - Ministério da Saúde do Brasil.
Programa Nacional de Imunizações – Ministério da Saúde Calendário de vacinação do Adolescente
Programa Nacional de Imunizações – Ministério da Saúde
Calendário de vacinação da Criança
Programa Nacional de Imunizações – Ministério da Saúde
Calendário de vacinação do Adulto e do Idoso
Saúde do Viajante – Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS)
Vacinas para uso rotineiro – Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS)
ASSOCIAÇÕES MÉDICAS
Sbim - Associação Brasileira de Imunizações.
SBP - Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria
AMB - Associação Médica Brasileira
OMS - Organização Mundial de Saúde
OPAS - Organização Pan-Americana de Saúde
ESP-CE - Escola de Saúde Pública do Ceará
SESA - Secretaria da Saúde do Esatdo do Ceará
HIAS - Hospital Infantil Albert Sabin
AMBrNET - Associação Médica de Brasília
APM - Associação Paulista de Medicina
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Sites do Centro de Controle e Prevenção de Doenças (CDC)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Web Sites:
Centro Nacional para Doenças Respiratórias e Imunizações
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)
(www.cdc.gov/vaccines)
NCRID is an interdisciplinary immunization program that brings together vaccine-preventable disease science and research with immunization program activities. The web site provides detailed and up-to date information about vaccine-preventable diseases, the benefits and risks of immunization, vaccine licensures, ACIP recommendations, Vaccine Information Statements (VISs) and vaccine supply issues, as well as educational resources for the public and providers.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) consists of 15 experts in fields associated with immunization who provide guidance on the control of vaccine-preventable diseases. To access finalized or provisional ACIP recommendations directly, go to www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs.
Influenza
(www.cdc.gov/flu)
CDC's Influenza web site includes information for patients and providers on prevention (vaccination, health habits, infection control), clinical and laboratory diagnosis, treatment, surveillance, and influenza issues for specific groups, as well as educational tools such as brochures, flyers, and posters.
Secretaria de Segurança em Imunizações
Immunization Safety Office
(www.cdc.gov/od/science/iso)
Using a multi-faceted approach, the Immunization Safety Office identifies possible vaccine side effects, and conducts studies to determine whether a particular adverse event is caused by a specific vaccine.
Centro Nacional para prevenção da HIV/AIDS, Hepatites, DSTs, e Tuberculose
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention
(www.cdc.gov/nchstp)
This center is responsible for public health surveillance, prevention research, and programs to prevent and control HIV, hepatitis, other sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis. The viral hepatitis web section can be directly accessed by going to www.cdc.gov/hepatitis. The human papillomavirus virus (HPV) web section can be accessed directly by going to www.cdc.gov/std/hpv.
Saúde do Viajante
Traveler's Health
(wwwn.cdc.gov/travel)
This web site provides health information on specific travel destinations, what to know before traveling, and information on disease outbreaks. It also provides the CDC's vaccination recommendations for travelers of all ages.
Outros sites de órgãos governamentais norte-americanos relacionados à imunizações:
Other U.S. Government Immunization-Related Web Sites
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
(www.cms.hhs.gov)
The CMS is the agency responsible for administering various programs that impact the provision of immunization services, such as Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. One key web section is Adult Immunization (www.cms.hhs.gov/adultimmunizations) which includes links to pay rates, billing instructions, FAQs for providers, and best practices.
Centro de Pesquisa em Vacina Dale e Betty Bumpers
Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center (VRC)
(www.niaid.nih.gov/vrc)
The VRC, part of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was established to facilitate vaccine development research.
Agência de Medicamentos e Alimentos (FDA), Centro para Avaliação e Pesquisa de Biológicos
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)
(www.fda.gov/cber/vaccines.htm)
The CBER is the part of the FDA responsible for ensuring the safety, efficacy, purity, and potency of vaccine products. To access information on currently licensed vaccines and their manufacturers, go to: www.fda.gov/cber/efoi/approve.htm.
Agência de Programa Nacional de Vacinação
National Vaccine Program Office (NVPO)
(www.hhs.gov/nvpo)
This division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has responsibility for coordinating and ensuring collaboration among the many federal agencies involved in vaccine and immunization activities. The web site provides pertinent information about childhood, adolescent, and adult immunizations, including publications and reports on vaccine preventable diseases, vaccine safety, vaccine coverage, immunization laws, and immunization registries.
Programa de Relatos de Eventos Adversos em Vacinas
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
(vaers.hhs.gov)
The VAERS is a post-marketing safety surveillance program, collecting information about adverse events that occur after the administration of U.S.-licensed vaccines. This web site provides a nationwide mechanism by which adverse events following immunization may be reported, analyzed, and made available to the public.
Outros Sites Internacionais relacionados a Imunizações
International Immunization-Related Web Sites
Aliança Global para Vacinas e Imunizações
The GAVI Alliance
(www.vaccinealliance.org)
The GAVI Alliance (formerly known as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation) is a public-private partnership focused on increasing children's access to vaccines in poor countries.
Iniciativa Hib
Hib Initiative
(www.hibaction.org)
The Hib Initiative unites experts from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, CDC, and WHO to advance evidence-informed decision-making regarding the introduction and use of Hib vaccination in the developing world.
Iniciativa Sarampo
Measles Initiative
(www.measlesinitiative.org)
The Measles Initiative is a long-term commitment and partnership among leaders in public health which has the goal of reducing measles deaths globally.
Organização Panamericana de Saúde (OPAS)
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
(www.paho.org/english/ad/fch/im/Vaccines.htm)
PAHO is an international public health agency working to improve health and living standards of the countries of the Americas. Disease and vaccine information can be accessed at the above web address.
PATH
(www.path.org)
PATH is an international, nonprofit organization that works to enable communities to break longstanding cycles of poor health. Its Vaccine Resource Library, www.childrensvaccine.org, offers a wide variety of documents and links on vaccine-preventable diseases and topics in immunization, including training materials in multiple languages.
PneumoADIP
(www.preventpneumo.org)
PneumoADIP is a team based at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health supported by the GAVI Alliance and allied with WHO. Its mission is to improve child survival and health by accelerating the evaluation of and access to new, lifesaving pneumococcal vaccines for the world's children.
Rotary International's PolioPlus program
(www.rotary.org/foundation/polioplus)
In 1985, Rotary International, an organization of business and professional leaders, launched PolioPlus, a commitment to eradicate polio. The web site features facts, news, and photos.
Safe Injection Global Network (SIGN)
(www.who.int/injection_safety/sign/en)
SIGN is a voluntary coalition of stakeholders aiming to achieve safe and appropriate use of injections throughout the world. The web site includes resources to assist in developing and managing national injection policies.
Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board (VHPB)
(www.vhpb.org)
This independent, international, multidisciplinary group of experts works to focus attention on the importance of viral hepatitis and on how to prevent it. Fact sheets, reports, articles, and the publication Viral Hepatitis can be accessed from the web site.
Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS)
World Health Organization (WHO)
(www.who.int)
This international organization is the policy vehicle for global public health recommendations. Some of WHO's vaccine-related web pages follow.
Index of WHO's vaccine and immunization information pages
(www.who.int/topics/vaccines/en)
WHO Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals
(www.who.int/immunization/en)
WHO Vaccine Safety
(www.who.int/immunization_safety/en)
Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS)
(www.who.int/vaccine_safety/en)
The GACVS consists of international vaccine experts who investigate vaccine safety issues of potential global importance. Their reports are available on this web page.
Vaccine Preventable Diseases Monitoring System
(www.who.int/vaccines/globalsummary/immunization/scheduleselect.cfm)
This web page provides immunization statistics and schedules for individual nations.
WHO position papers on specific vaccines
www.immunize.org/who
Organizations with Immunization-Related Web Sites
317 Coalition
(www.317coalition.org)
The 317 Coalition was formed by a group of leaders in the U.S. immunization community to focus on advocating for increased 317 funding from Congress to ensure that children and adults receive recommended vaccines.
Albert B. Sabin Vaccine Institute
(www.sabin.org)
The institute promotes rapid scientific advances in vaccine development, delivery, and distribution worldwide via vaccine research and development, academic support, and public awareness.
American Academy of Family Physicians
(www.aafp.org)
This professional association provides immunization information to providers at www.aafp.org/online/en/home/clinical/immunizationres.html.
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
(www.aap.org)
This professional association's Childhood Immunization Support Program, www.cispimmunize.org, is dedicated to helping parents and providers understand immunization issues.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
(www.acog.org)
Use the search feature to find abstracts of the ACOG committee opinions on immunization issues and other related documents.
American Medical Association (AMA)
(www.ama-assn.org)
The AMA immunization resources can be found at
www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/1804.html.
American Society of Consultant Pharmacists’ 100% Immunization Campaign
(www.immunizeseniors.org)
The 100% Immunization Campaign is a coalition of national organizations working together to promote immunization of older adults, especially for influenza and pneumococcal disease.
Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR)
(www.atpm.org)
The APTR is an interprofessional association of health promotion and disease prevention educators and researchers. The web site includes a number of online immunization training programs for health professionals.
Every Child By Two (ECBT)
(www.ecbt.org)
Through this organization, Rosalynn Carter (former First Lady of the United States) and Betty Bumpers (former First Lady of Arkansas/wife of Arkansas Senator Dale Bumpers) have focused their efforts over the past three decades toward the goal of reducing infant mortality through timely immunization.
Group on Immunization Education (GIE)
(www.immunizationed.org)
GIE is part of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. The group's web site provides immunization information for health professionals and educators. Free palm and pocket PC software for the Childhood and Adult Immunization Schedules can be downloaded from their web site.
Immunization Action Coalition (IAC)
(www.immunize.org and www.vaccineinformation.org)
The IAC publishes a wide array of immunization information for health professionals and their patients at www.immunize.org, including many free print materials such as VISs in more than 30 languages. The web site offers subscriptions to three periodicals and two email news services at www.immunize.org/subscribe. A second web site, www.vaccineinformation.org, provides reliable immunization information to patients, parents, and the media, and includes an extensive collection of photographs and video footage.
Immunization Coalition Technical Assistance Network (IZTA)
(www.izta.org)
Provides resources for immunization coalitions, including IZTA Network and technical assistance services, online event planning toolkit, and immunization news and events.
ImmunoFacts Immunization Gateway
(www.immunofacts.com)
Immunization Gateway is an electronic service of “ImmunoFacts,” a reference book on immunologic drugs. The site includes many links to additional resources on vaccines.
Institute of Medicine (IOM)
(www.iom.edu)
The mission of the IOM is to advance and disseminate scientific knowledge to improve human health. The institute provides objective, timely, authoritative information and advice concerning health and science policy. To access links to the IOM's immunization publications, go to www.immunize.org/iom.
Institute for Vaccine Safety (IVS)
(www.vaccinesafety.edu)
The IVS, based at the Johns Hopkins University, is committed to investigating vaccine safety issues and providing timely and objective information on vaccine safety to health care providers, journalists, and parents.
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)
(www.nfid.org)
The NFID is a nonprofit organization dedicated to research, education, prevention, and treatment related to infectious diseases. Their web site features special sections on many vaccine-preventable diseases, including resources for healthcare professionals and patients.
National Network for Immunization Information (NNii)
(www.immunizationinfo.org)
This partnership of professional medical organizations provides up-to-date, objective, science-based information about immunizations and vaccines. Among other materials, the NNii offers a resource kit for clinicians, titled ‘Communicating with Patients about Immunization.’
PKIDS (Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases)
(www.pkids.org)
This organization offers information and resources for parents looking for support services, counseling, referrals, and information concerning chronic infectious diseases in children. PKIDS also maintains a general immunization web site for teens at www.getvaxed.org.
Vaccine Education Center of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
(www.vaccine.chop.edu)
The Vaccine Education Center provides reliable, up-to-date information about vaccines. The Center has developed videos for parents in English and Spanish and tear sheets on vaccine safety and new vaccines for providers to use with patients and parents. The Center also sponsors a program called Parents PACK where parents can get answers to their questions or subscribe to an email newsletter: www.vaccine.chop.edu/parents.
English Language Resources from Non-U.S. Organizations
Canadian Immunization Awareness Program
(www.immunize.cpha.ca)
This national nonprofit program has a number of resources for parents and patients including pamphlets, coloring books, posters, and more.
Canadian Paediatric Society's ‘Caring for Kids’
(www.caringforkids.cps.ca/immunization)
This section of this professional society's web site provides information about immunizations and infectious diseases for parents.
Department of Health, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
(www.immunisation.nhs.uk)
This web site was designed to answer parental and health professionals’ queries and concerns about vaccination.
Health Canada, Immunization & Respiratory Infections Division
(www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/im/index.html)
This section of the web site includes general information on immunization and vaccine safety, as well as Canadian-specific material.
MMR The Facts
(www.mmrthefacts.nhs.uk)
This web site was designed by the U.K. Department of Health to answer parental and media questions about MMR vaccine. It includes an MMR library, an expert panel, and current news stories.
Organizations with Disease-Specific Web Sites
Hepatitis
Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA) hepatitis B web section
(www.apamsa.org/home/programs/hepb/overview.php)
APAMSA addresses health issues that are important to Asian-American medical students and the broader com-munity, including hepatitis B. One online resource is the Hepatitis B Outreach How-To-Guide: www.apamsa.org/files/APAMSA%20HepB%20Guide.pdf.
CDC's viral hepatitis web section
(www.cdc.gov/hepatitis)
Hepatitis B Foundation (HBF)
(www.hepb.org)
HBF is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to the global problem of hepatitis B, and to finding a cure and improving the quality of life for those affected by hepatitis B. The web site features six language chapters providing culturally sensitive information on hepatitis B and an Expert Speakers Forum for healthcare professionals.
Immunization Action Coalition (IAC)
(www.hepprograms.org)
This web site showcases programs across the United States that work to prevent hepatitis A, B, or C in people who are at risk for infection. The site also features links to hepatitis-related educational materials, support group information, case histories, photos, video footage, and more.
National Task Force on Hepatitis B, Focus on Asian and Pacific Islander Americans
(www.hepbtaskforce.org)
The National Task Force on Hepatitis B for Asians and Pacific Islanders brings together scientists, health professionals, not-for-profit organizations, and concerned citizens in a concerted effort to eliminate hepatitis B-related mortality and morbidity over the next generation. The web site features links to hepatitis B educational materials in various Asian languages and a calendar of relevant events.
National Viral Hepatitis Prevention Roundtable (NVHR)
(www.nvhr.org)
The NVHR is a coalition of public, private, and voluntary organizations dedicated to reducing the incidence of infection, morbidity, and mortality from viral hepatitis in the United States through strategic planning, leadership, coordination, advocacy, and research. The NVHR has developed a national hepatitis elimination strategy which can be accessed at www.nvhr.org/calltoaction.htm.
Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases (PKIDS)
(www.pkids.org)
This organization has published “PKIDS’ Pediatric Hepatitis Report” to help parents understand hepatitis A-E from transmission to treatment to civil rights protection. The report can be accessed at no charge online at www.pkids.org/dis_hep_phr.php
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Virus
American Social Health Association's National HPV & Cervical Cancer Prevention Resource Center
(www.ashastd.org/hpv/hpv_overview.cfm?gclid=CMf90JGd_Y0CFQykHgodtgHQIQ)
This web site includes basic information about HPV, as well as personal stories and support for those infected.
CDC's HPV web section
(www.cdc.gov/std/hpv)
Influenza
Faces of Influenza
(www.facesofinfluenza.org)
This American Lung Association web site is designed to put a face on influenza in the United States and show firsthand the seriousness of this potentially deadly infectious disease. The site includes information for both health professionals and the public. It also features a Flu Clinic Locator where providers can list their clinic and patients can find a clinic in their area.
Families Fighting Flu
(www.familiesfightingflu.org)
This nonprofit organization is a group of families and pediatricians who have experienced first-hand what it is like to lose a child to influenza or to have a child experience severe medical complications from influenza. The organization's mission is reducing pediatric deaths due to influenza by raising awareness about the importance of getting all children vaccinated against this disease.]
National Influenza Vaccine Summit (NIVS)
(www.preventinfluenza.org)
The NIVS is a national influenza vaccine partnership co-sponsored by the American Medical Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with more than 100 collaborating organizations. The web site offers healthcare professionals, the public, and the media an array of resources intended to encourage and facilitate seasonal influenza vaccination activities and programs.
Meningitis
American College Health Association's ‘Meningitis on Campus’ page
(www.acha.org/projects%5Fprograms/meningitis)
This web section features materials that can be used in response to a case of meningitis on campus or for general disease awareness activities, including fact sheets, public service announcements, sample letters for parents and students, posters, and more.
Meningitis Angels
(www.meningitis-angels.org)
Meningitis Angels is a nonprofit organization composed of survivors and families of meningitis victims. They offer information and support to families affected by meningitis.
Meningitis Foundation of America
(www.musa.org)
This organization provides information to educate the public and medical professionals about meningitis and supports the development of vaccines and other means of treating and/or preventing meningitis.
National Meningitis Association (NMA)
(www.nmaus.org)
The National Meningitis Association is a nonprofit organization founded by five parents whose children have died or suffered long-term disabilities from meningococcal meningitis. NMA's mission is to educate families, medical professionals, and others about bacterial meningitis and prevention approaches to the disease.
Rotavirus
Rotavirus Vaccine Program
(www.rotavirusvaccine.org)
A PATH affiliate, the Rotavirus Vaccine Program's mission is to reduce child morbidity and mortality from diarrheal disease by accelerating the availability of rotavirus vaccines appropriate for use in developing countries.
Varicella
Varicella-Zoster Virus Research Foundation (VZVRF)
(www.vzvfoundation.org)
The VZVRF promotes research on varicella-zoster infections, both chickenpox and herpes zoster. The web site includes question-and-answer sections on chickenpox and shingles, research updates, and other related information.
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