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Religious Concerns |
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| Healthcare professionals who
see parents and patients with religious concerns about immunization may
find these materials useful. In general, religions around the world
support immunization. |
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| Religious Concerns Resources |
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| Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) |
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| Vaccine Information Statements |
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| VISs are information sheets produced by CDC that explain both the benefits and risks of a vaccine to vaccine recipients |
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| Vaccine Basics: Vaccine Safety |
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| The Vaccine Basics web section on vaccineinformation.org provides information about importance of vaccines and answers many common questions about vaccines and getting vaccinated |
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| Statements from Religious Organizations |
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Pontifical Academy of Life |
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| Document from Italian Bishops
Conference and Association of Italian Catholic Doctors on moral
obligation to vaccinate for the safety of others – Issued July
31, 2017 |
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Religion and Vaccines - Aborted Fetuses |
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| Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, provides information about ethics and religious aspects arising from use of human cell
lines in vaccines |
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| Use of Porcine and Animal Products |
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Religion and Vaccines - Porcine-derived Components |
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| Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, provides information for certain Muslims and Jews who have concerns about vaccines
that contain components with porcine (pork) origins. |
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| Rabbinical Statements on Vaccines |
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Halachic Aspects of Vaccination |
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A review of the origins of vaccination in medical and rabbinical literature
Jewish Action, Magazine of the Orthodox Union, Winter 2008 |
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| MORE INFORMATION: RELIGIOUS CONCERNS |
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ACIP Recommendations
Vaccine Information Statements 
