Agenda Setting in Vaccine Policy and Social Relevance of the Emerging Vaccine Technologies From Public Health Perspective – PART 2

Part 1 has dealt with agenda setting in vaccine policy, the percepts of a scientific vaccine policy. Part 2 of the paper discusses the case of Rota virus and Hib pentavalent vaccines. The background, methodology and the results / conclusions of Part 2 remain along the line for the first Part. The thrust of the paper is to strengthen the case for an epidemiologically guided decision regarding inclusion of new vaccines.