Immunization Alliance


The Immunization Alliance is an American vaccine advocacy consortium, assembled under auspices of the American Academy of Pediatrics in May 2008. The Immunization Alliance has called for a governmental information campaign, ongoing research into vaccine safety and efficacy, balanced media coverage, and restoration of confidence among parents due to vaccine hesitancy and the related controversies in autism.

Formation

Citing the largest measles outbreak in the United States since 1966, Paul Offit, a member of the Alliance, asserted that this re-emergence of a common childhood disease was a warning about the dangers of "what can happen when parents are misinformed about vaccine safety. "We do not want to become a nation of people who are vulnerable to diseases that are deadly or that can have serious complications, especially if those diseases can be prevented," said Renee Jenkins, president of the AAP.
The Immunization Alliance was described in the July, 2008, issue of Pediatrics, announcing the organization's debut and detailing its plans for improving vaccine schedule adherence and combating declining immunization rates.

Stated goals

The Immunization Alliance's stated goals include increasing public education about vaccines by both public health organizations and individual physicians, and to increase federal funding and media coverage surrounding the science of vaccine safety.

Member organizations

Over twenty organizations form the Immunization Alliance, including: