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Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, the Glossary

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is an independent expert advisory committee that advises United Kingdom health departments on immunisation, making recommendations concerning vaccination schedules and vaccine safety.^[1]

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Government agencies established in 1963
Joint committees
Vaccination-related organizations

Adam Finn

Adam Hugh Roderick Finn is professor of paediatrics at the University of Bristol and head of the Bristol Children's Vaccine Centre.

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Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is a committee within the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that provides advice and guidance on effective control of vaccine-preventable diseases in the U.S. civilian population. Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation and Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices are vaccination-related organizations.

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Andrew Pollard (immunologist)

Sir Andrew John Pollard (born 29 August 1965) is the Ashall Professor of Infection & Immunity at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford.

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Andrew Wakefield

Andrew Jeremy Wakefield (born 3 September 1956) is a British fraudster, discredited academic, anti-vaccine activist, and former physician.

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BBC Breakfast

BBC Breakfast is a British television breakfast news programme, produced by BBC News and broadcast on BBC One and the BBC News channel every morning from 6:00am.

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Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), cerebral venous and sinus thrombosis or cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT), is the presence of a blood clot in the dural venous sinuses (which drain blood from the brain), the cerebral veins, or both.

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Chief Medical Officers (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, a chief medical officer (CMO) is the most senior government advisor on matter relating to health.

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Commissioner for Public Appointments

The Commissioner for Public Appointments is a British public servant, appointed by the King, whose primary role is to provide independent assurance that ministerial public appointments across the United Kingdom by HM Government Ministers (and devolved appointments by Welsh Government Ministers) are made in accordance with the Principles of Public Appointments and the Cabinet Office's Governance Code on Public Appointments.

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Committee on Standards in Public Life

The Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL) is an advisory non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom Government, established by John Major in 1994 to advise the Prime Minister on ethical standards of public life.

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Convulsion

A convulsion is a medical condition where the body muscles contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly, resulting in uncontrolled shaking.

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COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom

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COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom

The COVID-19 vaccination programme in the United Kingdom is an ongoing mass immunisation campaign for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.

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Devolution in the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, devolution is the Parliament of the United Kingdom's statutory granting of a greater level of self-government to the Scottish Parliament, the Senedd (Welsh Parliament), the Northern Ireland Assembly and the London Assembly and to their associated executive bodies: the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government, the Northern Ireland Executive and in England, the Greater London Authority and combined authorities.

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DPT vaccine

The DPT vaccine or DTP vaccine is a class of combination vaccines against three infectious diseases in humans: diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus (lockjaw).

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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General Medical Council

The General Medical Council (GMC) is a public body that maintains the official register of medical practitioners within the United Kingdom.

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Health equity

Health equity arises from access to the social determinants of health, specifically from wealth, power and prestige.

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Immunization

Immunization, or immunisation, is the process by which an individual's immune system becomes fortified against an infectious agent (known as the immunogen).

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Immunosuppression

Immunosuppression is a reduction of the activation or efficacy of the immune system.

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Influenza vaccine

Influenza vaccines, colloquially known as flu shots, are vaccines that protect against infection by influenza viruses.

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Long COVID

Long COVID or long-haul COVID is a group of health problems persisting or developing after an initial period of COVID-19 infection.

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Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care in the United Kingdom which is responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work and are acceptably safe.

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MMR vaccine

The MMR vaccine is a vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles), abbreviated as MMR.

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Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

The Moderna COVID19 vaccine, sold under the brand name Spikevax, is a COVID-19 vaccine developed by the American company Moderna, the United States National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).

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National Advisory Committee on Immunization

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI; Comité consultatif national de l'immunisation; label) is an advisory body that provides the Government of Canada with medical and scientific advice relating to human immunization.

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National Immunisation Advisory Committee

The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) is an Irish advisory body that advises the Chief Medical Officer and Department of Health in the area of immunisation procedures and related matters.

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National Immunization Technical Advisory Group

National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) is an advisory committee consisting of multidisciplinary groups of experts responsible for providing information to national governments that is used to make evidence-based decisions regarding vaccine and immunization policy. Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation and national Immunization Technical Advisory Group are vaccination-related organizations.

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New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group

The New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG) is an advisory body that advises the United Kingdom Government's Chief Medical Advisor / Chief Medical Officer for England, who in turn advises the UK Department of Health and Social Care and relevant ministers regarding threats from viral respiratory tract infections.

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Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon (born 19 July 1970) is a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 2014 to 2023.

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Non-departmental public body

In the United Kingdom, non-departmental public body (NDPB) is a classification applied by the Cabinet Office, Treasury, the Scottish Government, and the Northern Ireland Executive to public sector organisations that have a role in the process of national government but are not part of a government department.

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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) is one of England's largest acute teaching trusts.

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Oxford Vaccine Group

The Oxford Vaccine Group (OVG) is a vaccine research group within the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Oxford.

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Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

The Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID19 vaccine, sold under the brand names Covishield and Vaxzevria among others, is a viral vector vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19. It was developed in the United Kingdom by Oxford University and British-Swedish company AstraZeneca, using as a vector the modified chimpanzee adenovirus ChAdOx1.

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Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

The Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, sold under the brand name Comirnaty, is an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine developed by the German biotechnology company BioNTech. For its development, BioNTech collaborated with the American company Pfizer to carry out clinical trials, logistics, and manufacturing.

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Polio vaccine

Polio vaccines are vaccines used to prevent poliomyelitis (polio).

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Public Health England

Public Health England (PHE) was an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care in England which began operating on 1 April 2013 to protect and improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba; Scots Pairlament) is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Scotland.

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Secretary of State (United Kingdom)

His Majesty's principal secretaries of state, or secretaries of state, are senior ministers of the Crown in the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

The secretary of state for health and social care, also referred to as the health secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for the work of the Department of Health and Social Care.

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Secretary of State for Health and Social Services

The secretary of state for health and social services was a position in the UK cabinet, created on 1 November 1968 with responsibility for the Department of Health and Social Security.

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Standing Committee on Vaccination

The Standing Committee on Vaccination at the Robert Koch Institute (Ständige Impfkommission am Robert-Koch-Institut), or STIKO, is a scientific committee comprising 18 members at the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin, Germany that provides official recommendations for the vaccination schedules used by the individual German states. Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation and Standing Committee on Vaccination are vaccination-related organizations.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Green Book (immunisation guidance, UK)

Immunisation against infectious disease, popularly known as The Green Book, provides information on vaccines for vaccine-preventable diseases.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The London Gazette

The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record or government gazettes of the Government of the United Kingdom, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published.

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Thiomersal

Thiomersal (INN), or thimerosal (USAN, JAN), also sold under the name merthiolate is an organomercury compound.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.

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Vaccination schedule

A vaccination schedule is a series of vaccinations, including the timing of all doses, which may be either recommended or compulsory, depending on the country of residence.

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Vaccine

A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious or malignant disease.

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Vaccine Taskforce

The Vaccine Taskforce in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was set up in April 2020 by the Second Johnson ministry, in collaboration with Chief Scientific Advisor Patrick Vallance and Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty, in order to facilitate the path towards the introduction of a COVID-19 vaccine in the UK and its global distribution. Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation and vaccine Taskforce are vaccination-related organizations.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Committee_on_Vaccination_and_Immunisation

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Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, the Glossary

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Government agencies established in 1963

Joint committees

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