Vaccine Resources

These ASTHO-produced documents focus on a COVID-19 vaccine. Documents include topics such as safety, program planning, infrastructure, supply chain, policy, and more.

Guidance Documents

Intervention Actions

• COVID-19 Vaccination Program Planning: A Checklist for State and Territorial Health Officials (PDF) (July 23, 2020)

Issue Briefs

• Pfizer and Moderna Vaccine Comparison (updated Jan. 14, 2021)
• Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Emergency Use Authorization Resources (Dec. 22, 2020)
• Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Emergency Use Authorization Vaccination Implementation Resources (Dec. 15, 2020)
• Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: Considerations for First Phase Vaccine Allocation, Prioritization, and Post-Authorization (Dec. 7, 2020)
• Specialized COVID-19 Needs of the United States Affiliated Pacific Islands (Nov. 17, 2020)
• COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Implementation in States and Territories (Nov. 17, 2020)
• ASTHO COVID-19 Jurisdictional Vaccination Plans Compendium (updated Dec. 10, 2020)
• COVID-19 Vaccine Approval Process Overview (Nov. 5, 2020)

Blog Posts

• A Public Health Milestone: COVID-19 Vaccine Q&A With Meredith Allen, ASTHO’s Vice President for Health Security (Dec. 17, 2020)
• The Legal Framework for Administering COVID-19 Vaccines (Dec. 17, 2020)
• COVID-19 Vaccine Approval Process Overview (Nov. 5, 2020)
• How States are Handling School Vaccination Requirements in a Pandemic (Sept. 23, 2020)
• Transformational Leadership: A Vaccine for Rural Healthcare Delivery (July 23, 2020)
• Getting Ahead of the COVID-19 Vaccine (July 15, 2020)

Podcasts

•  Preparing for Fall: Back to School and Influenza Season (July 15, 2020)

Advocacy

• Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: Considerations for First Phase Vaccine Allocation, Prioritization, and Post-Authorization (Dec. 7, 2020)
• ASTHO Joins Adult Vaccine Access Coalition letter to HHS, CDC, FDA, and OWS Leadership on COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation and Distribution (Oct. 22, 2020)
• Letter to CDC Director on Critical COVID-19 Vaccine Infrastructure and Rollout (Oct. 15, 2020)
• ASTHO and AIM Letter to Congressional Leadership Requesting Funds for COVID-19 Vaccination Distribution and Seasonal Influenza (Oct. 15, 2020)
• ASTHO Comments to NASEM in Response to the Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine (Sept. 4, 2020)
• ASTHO and AIM COVID-19 Immunization Campaign Policy Principles (PDF) (July 9, 2020)
• ASTHO Joins Comments to General Perna and Dr. Slaoui on Operation Warp Speed (PDF) (June 23, 2020)
• Letter to Congressional Leadership on COVID-19 Vaccination Infrastructure (PDF) (June 1, 2020)

Related Materials

• ASTHO Immunization Materials

Press Releases

• Public Health Leaders Request COVID-19 Vaccine Infrastructure and Administration Funding (Oct. 15, 2020)
• Safety, Not Politics, Must Drive COVID-19 Vaccine Timeline (Sept. 3, 2020)