TY - JOUR AU - Walldorf, Jenny AU - Date, Kashmira AU - Sreenivasan, Nandini AU - Harris, Jennifer AU - Hyde, Terri T1 - Lessons Learned from Emergency Response Vaccination Efforts for Cholera, Typhoid, Yellow Fever, and Ebola T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 13 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Countries must be prepared to respond to public health threats associated with emergencies, such as natural disasters, sociopolitical conflicts, or uncontrolled disease outbreaks. Rapid vaccination of populations vulnerable to epidemic-prone vaccine-preventable diseases is a major component of emergency response. Emergency vaccination planning presents challenges, including how to predict resource needs, expand vaccine availability during global shortages, and address regulatory barriers to deliver new products. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention supports countries to plan, implement, and evaluate emergency vaccination response. We describe work of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in collaboration with global partners to support emergency vaccination against cholera, typhoid, yellow fever, and Ebola, diseases for which a new vaccine or vaccine formulation has played a major role in response. Lessons learned will help countries prepare for future emergencies. Integration of vaccination with emergency response augments global health security through reducing disease burden, saving lives, and preventing spread across international borders. KW - vaccination KW - capacity KW - emergencies KW - emergency responses KW - cholera KW - Ebola virus disease KW - typhoid KW - yellow fever KW - vaccine-preventable diseases KW - disease burden KW - global health KW - global health security KW - bacteria KW - viruses KW - Ebola virus KW - Vibrio cholerae KW - yellow fever virus KW - Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi KW - Ebola DO - 10.3201/eid2313.170550 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/13/17-0550_article ER - End of Reference