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Table 6-2 Numbers of Entity Types by Laboratory Biosafety Management in 2022

Category Government Medical Academic Research
Other Subtotal Total
Types Agency Institution Institution
Institutional Biosafety
Committees 23 159 58 241 481 606
Biosafety Supervisor 3 10 2 110 125
Source: Taiwan Centers for Disease Control
Chapter 4 Immunization Injury Compensation Program (VICP)" to enable victims
to receive the assistance they are legally entitled to.
Section 1 Current Immunization Status
Section 2 Development and Manufacture
and Trends
of Antiserums/vaccines
Taiwan's Vaccine Fund was established in 2010,
Taiwan CDC commissions the National Health
and new vaccine policies have been implemented
Research Institutes' bioproduction plant to manufacture
each year since then. At present, there are 10 free
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine. In addition, the
routine vaccines for young children that can prevent 15 National Health Research Institute's bioproduction plant
infectious diseases. was also commissioned to produce snake antivenom
A "National Immunization Information System" immunoglobulin into freeze-dried antivenom. In 2022,
was established by Taiwan CDC to monitor and track a total of 312.9 kilograms of anti-snake venom plasma
the immunization status of young children. Children's were produced. From this plasma, 4,870 doses of anti-
routine vaccination coverage rate has been maintained, snake venom serum were manufactured, out of which
as shown in Figure 6-9. To deal with the side effects of 3,379 doses were supplied. Also, 480,000 doses of
immunizations, the MOHW has established the "Vaccine BCG vaccine were produced.

Figure 6-9 Immunization Coverage Rate among Children in 2022
Ĉ Primary dose Booster dose
100 99.0
98.3 98.0 98.5 98.1 98.6 98.5 98.0
97.1
96.9
95.7
95 93.0
92.9

90

85
rd
2 nd 3 rd 3 4 th 2 nd 3 rd 1 st 1 st 1 st 1 st 2 nd 1 st 2 nd dose
HepB 5in1 PCV BCG MMR VAR HepA JE
*HepB: Hepatitis B vaccine
*5in1: Diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, inactivated polio and Haemophilus influenza type b conjugate vaccine
*PCV: Pneumococcal 13-valent conjugate vaccine *VAR: Varicella vaccine
*BCG：Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine *HepA: Hepatitis A vaccine

*MMR: Measles, mumps and rubella combined vaccine *JE: Japanese encephalitis vaccine
Source: Taiwan Centers for Disease Control
Statistical period: until the end of December 2022

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