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Participatory decision-making through the Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases: The Sri Lankan experience
- Source :
- Vaccine. 28:A96-A103
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2010.
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Abstract
- The paper describes how the Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) in Sri Lanka addresses new challenges by ensuring participatory, collective and transparent decision-making through a broad representation of stakeholders. The Committee, which is more than 40 years old, differs from many other national immunization advisory committees, since it has a broad mandate to deal with all communicable diseases, including those for which there are no vaccines, and addresses such areas as disease surveillance and health system improvements, in addition to vaccination-related issues. The Committee has 38 members. Unlike in some countries, ACCD recommendations are legally binding for all public sector health providers. The paper provides several examples of recent recommendations and factors that influenced the Committee's decision-making, and concludes with ways the Committee can be improved.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Health Planning Guidelines
Advisory committee
Advisory Committees
Decision Making
Committee Membership
Environmental health
Immunology and Microbiology(all)
medicine
Sri Lanka
Vaccines
Disease surveillance
General Veterinary
General Immunology and Microbiology
Conflict of Interest
business.industry
Public health
Public sector
Conflict of interest
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Citizen journalism
Public relations
veterinary(all)
Infectious Diseases
Population Surveillance
Communicable Disease Control
Mandate
Molecular Medicine
Immunization
business
Advisory group
Decision-making
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0264410X
- Volume :
- 28
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Vaccine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....40457ecc42a95376874f1787c82a93e9
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.02.042