title: Successes and failures: Worldwide vaccine development and application.
abstract: The impact that vaccines have had on world health has been great. The misery prevented and the lives saved have been impressive. But all has not been good. As one looks at the success, one can also see the missed opportunities. This discussion takes a broad, worldwide view of vaccines--from early research, through development and application. It examines our successes and our failures and looks with great optimism towards a future having great potential to prevent much of today's suffering from infectious diseases.
authors.affiliation: Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases, 830 Dubuque Avenue, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA. dfrancis@gsid.org
authors.forename: Donald P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Francis
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy* / Q000635:transmission; D014943:Global Health; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D032541:Mass Vaccination / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D016730:Program Development / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D015397:Program Evaluation; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014612:Vaccines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014612:Vaccines