Related Links

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• Allied Vaccine Group - Serves as a portal with links to scientific information on vaccines.
• America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) - National trade association representing nearly 1,300 member companies.
• American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) - Source of information on family medicine for doctors and families.
• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) - Child health information.
  AAP policy statement on IIS--Click here to read (pdf).
• Association for State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) - Represents state and territorial public health agencies of the United States.
• Association of Immunization Managers (AIM) - Represents state, territorial and city immunization program managers. 
  AIM position on school and child care immunization requirements--Click here to read (pdf).
• Childhood Immunization Support Program - Useful vaccine information from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
• Every Child By Two (ECBT) - Advocates for the immunization of all children by the age of two.
• Immunization Action Coalition - Publishes educational materials for health professionals and the public.
• Institute for Vaccine Safety (John Hopkins University) - Information on the safety of recommended vaccines.
• National Association for Public Health Information Technology (NAPHIT) - National association for IT leaders in public health.
• National Coalition for Adult Immunization - Promotes advocacy and support for adolescent and adult immunizations.
• National Network for Immunization Information (NHii) - Committed to providing the most accurate, up-to-date information on vaccines.
• National Partnership for Immunization (NPI) - Promotes immunization through partnerships between public and private health organizations.
• National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) - Committee of the National Vaccine Program Office (NVPO).
• Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII) - Works to enhance the use of information technology in state and local public health. 
• Sabin Vaccine Institute - Promotes the development of vaccines. Information on vaccine research throughout the world.
• Vaccine Education Center (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia) - Comprehensive information for health professionals and the public about vaccines and the diseases they prevent.

Other health information links

• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) - Home page for this agency of the DHHS; funding information for HRSA grant programs.
• Healthfinder - Contains a wealth of health information for consumers.
• Indian Health Services (IHS) - An agency of the DHHS charged with delivering health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives.
• Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) - Information on federally funded maternal and child health care programs.
• United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

• Health Privacy Project - Privacy and confidentiality information for the consumer.
• Massachusetts Health Data Consortium - Useful HIPAA resources.

International immunization advocacy

• Children’s Vaccine Program
• Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI)
• The Vaccine Fund