title: Immunization decision-making in the Republic of Korea: the structure and functioning of the Korea Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
abstract: The Korea Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (KACIP), established by law in the early 1990s, makes recommendations on a range of issues related to the National Immunization Program. The Committee consists of 15 members and always includes the two government officials who belong to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Korea Food and Drug Administration. Other members usually come from affiliated organizations and serve for 2-year terms. The KACIP depends on special-topics sub-committees or temporary advisory committees to gather and analyze data and to make recommendations which are normally reached by consensus and implemented by public sector health providers and private providers.
authors.affiliation: The Division of Vaccine-Preventable Disease Control and National Immunization Program, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Seoul, Republic of Korea. choheeyeon@gmail.com
authors.forename: Hee-Yeon
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Chang-Hoon
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Un-Yeong
authors.initials: UY
authors.lastname: Go
authors.forename: Hoan-Jong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D032802:Committee Membership; D032921:Consensus; D003657:Decision Making; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000517:prevention & control; D007114:Immunization / Q000592:standards*; D033181:Information Dissemination; D011634:Public Health; D056910:Republic of Korea