A Global Vaccine Injury Compensation System

A Global Vaccine Injury Compensation System.

Vaccines are extremely safe and harm is rare. Worldwide,morethan30000vaccinedosesaredeliveredper secondthrough routine immunizationprograms,which, in turn,preventanestimated2million to3milliondeaths annually.1Theoccurrenceofseriousadverseevents, such as those that result in death, threaten life, require inpatienthospitalization,or result in significantdisability, are rare (eg, <1 adverseeventoc...

Vaccine injury compensation

Is it time for a vaccine injury compensation scheme in Australia? The answer in part requires an assessment of how well the current ‘modified common law’ system serves to compensate those who suffer vaccine injuries. By considering the basic approach of the current common law1 and looking at cases previously decided, it should become possible to reach an informed conclusion on the relative meri...

The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 established the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program to compensate people thought to be injured by certain vaccines. The act's goals are to ensure an adequate supply of vaccines, to stabilize vaccine costs, and to establish and maintain an accessible and efficient setting for providing compensation to people found to have been injured by...

The case for a vaccine injury compensation program for Canada.

Despite its being deliberated since at least the 1980s, a national vaccine injury compensation program still does not exist in Canada. The omission of such a program stands as a gap in Canadian immunization policy in comparison to many other equivalently developed countries. This article outlines the arguments for a compensation program and the design elements that would be best suited to a pro...

DTP vaccine related injury: an examination of proposed vaccine injury compensation legislation.