title: Strengthening the supply of routinely administered vaccines in the United States: problems and proposed solutions.
abstract: At the request of the Assistant Secretary for Health of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the National Vaccine Advisory Committee organized workshops in February 2002 and January 2005 to identify the reasons for vaccine shortages and to develop strategies to prevent shortages in the future. This supplement to Clinical Infectious Diseases includes presentations outlining the problems associated with and proposed solutions for strengthening the supply of routinely administered vaccines in the United States.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, MA, USA. jerome.klein@bmc.org
authors.forename: Jerome O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: Martin G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Myers
mesh_terms: D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration; D014612:Vaccines / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution*
chemical_list: D014612:Vaccines