A Brief Overview of Emerging Vaccine Technologies for Pandemic Preparedness

Abstract

The past two decades provide many examples of the importance of pandemic preparedness. Outbreaks of SARS, swine flu, MERS, Ebola, and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have caused major social, political, and economic disruptions around the world. In light of these events, pandemic preparedness has proven to be critical to health, national, and economic security. Now, countries are investing billions of dollars in various pandemic preparedness tools, such as vaccines and broad-spectrum medical countermeasures (MCM), to address the threats arising from outbreaks. These tools not only offer protection against naturally occurring and accidental biological incidents but can also help provide some protection against deliberate biological attacks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2023
Accession Number
AD1208426

Entities

People

  • Annette Prieto
  • Christopher A. Eusebi
  • Melissa Shostak
  • Robert Huang

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Biotechnology
  • Covid-19
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Governments
  • Health
  • Health Services
  • Hygiene
  • Immunogenicity
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Medical Countermeasures
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mrna Vaccines
  • National Security
  • Proteins
  • Public Health
  • United States
  • Vaccines
  • Viruses

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Economics
  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology