Childhood Immunization

Vaccine shortages affect child immunization programs

Published in Vaccine Weekly, January 14th, 2004

Shortages in 2001 and 2002 caused public health officials to suspend critical child immunizations, according to a new report.

Diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and pneumococcal disease vaccines were among the recommended immunizations in critically short supply by February 2002.

To deal with the shortage, state and city immunization managers limited their vaccine orders from manufacturers, and manufacturers sent out partial orders to their clients and shifted deliveries to high-priority providers like hospitals, said Shannon Stokley, MPH, and colleagues at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the January 2004 issue of the...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2004-01-14)

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