This volume emphasizes that vaccination is always both a matter of individual and community protection, and that massive public health efforts are often needed to control infectious diseases in the most effective manner.

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
Mass Vaccination: When and Why.- Mass Vaccination and Surveillance/Containment in the Eradication of Smallpox.- Mass Immunization Programs: Principles and Standards.- Immunization Campaigns in the UK.- Diphtheria.- Universal Mass Vaccination Against Hepatitis A.- Mass Vaccination Against Hepatitis B: The French Example.- Mass Vaccination for Annual and Pandemic Influenza.- Is Global Measles Eradication Feasible?.- Measles Aerosol Vaccination.- Mass Vaccination Campaigns for Polio Eradication: An Essential Strategy for Success.- Rubella Mass Campaigns.- Mass Vaccination to Control Epidemic and Endemic Typhoid Fever.- Mass Vaccination: Solutions in the Skin.