The National Vaccine Program Office (NVPO) is an office of the

United States Department of Health and Human Services The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the US federal government created to protect the health of the US people and providing essential human services. Its motto is ...

that plays a role in the coordination of

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policy. It was established by the

National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA) of 1986 (42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 to 300aa-34) was signed into law by United States President Ronald Reagan as part of a larger health bill on November 14, 1986. NCVIA's purpose was to eliminate ...

. On October 24, 2020, the ''

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'' asserted that the Trump administration essentially eliminated the role of the program when it closed the office in 2019. NVPO's former Chair, Daniel Salmon, went on to direct the Institute for Vaccine Safety at the

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National Vaccine Program
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