WHO SAGE: Vaccination in acute humanitarian emergencies – a framework for decision making
WHO/IVB/13.07  October 2013
Excerpt
From Executive Summary
1.3 Conclusion
This document provides key decision-makers in the national ministries of health and international partner agencies with a systematic and comprehensive approach to
decision-making on the use of vaccines in acute humanitarian emergencies, and it also provides guidance on ethical concerns such as prioritization of interventions, targeting of high-risk groups, equity and informed consent. It is hoped that this document will make a useful contribution to optimal management of vaccine- preventable diseases in acute humanitarian emergences and ultimately to reduction in preventable morbidity and mortality commonly associated with acute humanitarian emergencies.

[Jointly developed and published by the departments of Emergency Risk Management and Humanitarian Response (ERM); Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals (IVB); and Pandemic and Epidemic Diseases (PED). This document was prepared by the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) Working Group on Vaccination in Humanitarian Emergencies (http://www.who.int/immunization/sage/sage_wg_hum_emergencies_jun11/en/ under the oversight of SAGE and was endorsed by SAGE at its November 2012 meeting
http://www.who.int/wer/2013/wer8801.pdf
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