Resources and Acknowledgements
Useful web sites on HPV and HPV vaccine
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- www.nhs.uk – UK National Health System: NHS choices. HPV vaccine in the clear.
- www.nhs.uk – UK National Health System (NHS) choices. HPV vaccination.
- www.dh.gov.uk – UK Department of Health (UKDH): Key vaccine information. HPV.
- www.bbc.co.uk – BBC: Advice. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.
- www.who.int – WHO: Initiative for Vaccine Research (IRV). Human Papillomavirus.
- www.cdc.gov – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Human Papillomavirus (HPV).
- www.path.org – PATH: Vaccine Resources Library. Human Papillomavirus (HPV).
Vaccine safety and management of AEFIs
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- World Health Organization (WHO). AIDE MEMOIRE: Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI): Causality Assessment. WHO/IVB. Geneva, 2005.
- World Health Organization (WHO). AIDE MEMOIRE: Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) Investigation. WHO/IVB. Geneva, 2005.
- Pan American Health Organization Regional Office of the World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). Immunization Safety: How to address events allegedly attributable to vaccination or immunization? Washington, DC, 2002.
- UK DH. “Chapter 8: Vaccine safety and the management of adverse events following immunization,” In: Immunisation against infectious disease – ‘The Green Book’. Updated 7 April 2009 pgs 53–65.
Reports from the UK Department of Health (UK DH)
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UK National Health Service (NHS) educational materials
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- United Kingdom National Health Service. The human papillomavirus vaccine: The virus, the diseases and the new HPV vaccine.
- United Kingdom National Health Service. Your guide to the HPV vaccination.
- United Kingdom National Health Service. Poster. Beating cervical cancer.
- United Kingdom National Health Service. The new HPV vaccine: A Q&A sheet for girls and their parents on the HPV vaccination.
Acknowledgements
The Managing an adverse event following immunization interactive case study was developed in collaboration with the Quality, Safety and Standards Team of WHO’s Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, and the Department of Health of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK DH).
World Health Organization
Patrick Zuber
Michael McNeil
United Kingdom Department of Health
David Salisbury
Project coordinator and writer
Molly Mort
Graphic design
Oksana Fillmann (Online Version)
Jennifer Fox (CD Rom Version)
The case study was largely based on Rebecca Coombes’ report communication package describing the media reaction to a coincidental death on September 2009, in the UK, following immunization with Cervarix. This report was written for the World Health Organization in January 2010.