PATH’s Vaccine Resource Library (VRL) seeks to gather the world’s best immunization resources in a single, easy-to-use website.
The VRL offers a wide variety of high-quality, scientifically accurate documents and links on specific diseases and topics in immunization.
Diseases and vaccines: Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) | Hepatitis B | Human papillomavirus (HPV) | Influenza | Japanese encephalitis | Malaria | Meningococcus | Pneumococcus | Rotavirus | Shigellosis and enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) | Yellow fever
Immunization topics: General information | Advocacy and communications | Childhood immunization | Disease burden and surveillance | Immunization financing | Injection safety | Organizations | Service delivery | Vaccine safety
Resources in other languages: Arabic | Chinese | French | Japanese | Portuguese | Russian | Spanish
Highlighted resources
The Global Malaria Action Plan for a Malaria-Free World (2008)
A
report that presents an overview of the global malaria landscape, provides approaches for effective malaria treatment and prevention, and gives an estimate of funding needs for achieving a malaria-free world.
World Pneumonia Day (2009)
A website that provides information on pneumonia--the second leading cause of death in children under five--and the call for a World Pneumonia Day on November 2, 2009.
Guidelines for Collection, Analysis, and Presentation of Vaccine Safety Data in Pre- and Post-Licensure Clinical Studies (2009)
A set of guidelines that seek to standardize
vaccine safety assessment by improving the accuracy and completeness of collection, analysis, and presentation of information about Adverse Events Following Immunization in pre-and post-licensure clinical studies.
Emergence of a Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus in Humans (2009)
An article
that
describes the findings of an assessment of the influenza A (H1N1) outbreak in the United States covering the period of April 15 to May 5, 2009.
Rotavirus Surveillance—Worldwide, 2001-2008 (2008)
An
article that presents an analysis of results from the WHO rotavirus surveillance networks from 2001 to 2008.
Site last updated: May 2009.
Photo: PATH/Julie Jacobson.
