The Improvement of Chinese Second Category Vaccines Supervision System from the Perspective of Supervision Elements: Based on a Case Study of the Shandong Problematic Vaccines Incident in China

Journal Title: Saudi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 1, Issue 3

Abstract

Abstract: The vaccination system is divided into two categories in China. The first is mandatory vaccination, mostly free and using domestic vaccines under the National Immunization Program. The second is alternative vaccination, which patents must pay for. In March 2016 Shandong Province in China, a vaccine scandaloccurred, which is known as the Shandong problematic vaccines incident.The incident involved 24 provinces and regions in China,The vaccine safety affects hundreds of millions of people. And all the problematic vaccines involved are second category vaccines.It exposed a variety of existing problems for the Chinese second category vaccines supervision system. Based on the analysis perspective of supervision elements, this paper makes a case study by analyzing the five supervision elements, which include: the subject and objects of supervision, supervision institutions, supervision resources and supervision environment. And it focuses on the problems of the Chinese second category vaccines supervision system exposed in the case, including: the administration level and the team scale of supervision subject-as not match with its duty; the interest-oriented awareness of supervision objects beinginsufficient; the vaccine tracking institutionnot being complete; the professional supervision of human resourcesbeing insufficient; the participation of social supervision being insufficient. Based on these deficiencies, this paper puts forward a series of improvement recommendations, combined with the case analysis and some supervision experience of American cases. It includes prescriptive elements that: strengthen the supervision authority of the supervision subject and enhance the supervision status by law and administrative order; ensure the adequate financial supply of disease control and prevention departments to reduce the regulation violation desire of supervision objects; improve the cold chain logistics management and tracking institutions of the vaccine; strengthen the vaccine supervision professionals to optimize the supervision resources; expand the participation of citizen supervision and media supervision to optimize the supervision environment. Keywords: vaccines supervision, supervision elements, Chinese second category vaccines, Shandong problematic vaccines incident

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Kong Chao

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Kong Chao (2016). The Improvement of Chinese Second Category Vaccines Supervision System from the Perspective of Supervision Elements: Based on a Case Study of the Shandong Problematic Vaccines Incident in China. Saudi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1(3), 88-92. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-396072