The United Kingdom Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation

Andrew J Hall

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.02.034

The United Kingdom Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation

Vaccine. 2010 Apr 19:28 Suppl 1:A54-7. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.02.034.

Author

Andrew J Hall¹

Affiliation

¹ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom. Andy.Hall@lshtm.ac.uk

PMID: 20412998
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.02.034

Abstract

The United Kingdom Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation provides advice to the Ministers of Health on all aspects of vaccination. Under recent legislation a recommendation from the Committee confers the right to the vaccine concerned to the population of England Wales. A critical aspect of both advice and recommendations is that the vaccination is shown to reach a cost-effectiveness threshold. This usually requires sophisticated mathematical modelling and economics.

MeSH terms

Advisory Committees / organization & administration*
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Decision Making
Health Planning Guidelines
Health Policy
United Kingdom
Vaccination / economics
Vaccination / standards*