The overall objective of the 2010 National Vaccine Plan is to prevent infectious diseases and decrease the incidence of adverse reactions to vaccines. It outlines a comprehensive approach to improve vaccine research and development, financing, supply, distribution, safety, global cooperation, and educated decision-making by patients and health care providers.
The plan, recently unveiled by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is a 10-year strategy to ensure public access to all vaccines, improve vaccine delivery, and encourage the development of new vaccines.
Regional meetings will be held this spring and summer across the U.S. to identify priorities and collaborate with policymakers, health care providers, manufacturers, and consumers. The implementation plan, to be finalized by year’s end, will contain the measurable outcomes and processes necessary to achieve these goals.
Through vaccination, children can now be protected against 17 serious diseases.