Public Health Implications of Emerging Vaccine Technologies

This book provides insight into recent innovations or improved applications of existing technologies in the design of vaccines for the prevention of several specific diseases. It makes a broader contribution to the understanding of the vast array of technologies that support modern vaccinology. The objectives of this chapter are: (1) to provide an overview of how advances in vaccine-related technologies have fostered the development of vaccines with highly desirable characteristics for current and future public health vaccination programs; (2) to explore how the development and availability of such vaccines will shape public health concepts, policies, and practices; and (3) to explore how institutional and procedural changes may alter vaccine research and development, manufacture, and delivery to populations in need of immunization.