Vaccines & Preventable Diseases:

Copyright Rules at Each Source's Site

• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Lung Association
• Canadian Immunization Awareness Program
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• CDC's National Center for Infectious Diseases
• (DoD) for Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (AVIP)
• eMedicine.com
• Immunization Action Coalition
• Immunization Education Organization
• Medline Plus
• National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Disease (NIDDK)
• National Library of Medicine - Medline Plus
• National Network for Immunization Information
• Public Health Image Library (PHIL)

American Academy of Pediatrics

http://www.aap.org/

All the rules and regulations on the use of the images on the American Academy of Pediatrics web site can be found at
http://www.aap.org/new/idphotos.htm

American Lung Association

http://www.lungusa.org

All the rules and regulations on the use of the images on the American Lung Association web site can be found at
http://www.lungusa.org/privacy/legal.html

Canadian Immunization Awareness Program

http://www.immunize.cpha.ca/

All the rules and regulations on the use of the images on the Canadian Immunization Awareness Program web site can be found at
http://www.immunize.cpha.ca/english/about/copyrt.htm

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov

All the rules and regulations on the use of the images on the CDC web site can be found at 
http://www.cdc.gov/od/foia/policies/copyr-f.htm

CDC's National Center for Infectious Diseases

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/

All the rules and regulations on the use of the images on the CDC web site can be found at 
http://www.cdc.gov/od/foia/policies/copyr-f.htm

(DoD) for Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (AVIP)

http://www.anthrax.osd.mil

All of the Anthrax images on the AVIP page (linked below) can be freely downloaded at 
http://www.anthrax.osd.mil/resource/images/images.asp

eMedicine.com

http://www.emedicine.com

All materials..., including but not limited to the text, images, audio or video contained herein, are the property of eMedicine.com and may not be used in any manner, or for any purpose, without eMedicine.com's express written permission...
http://www.emedicine.com/disclaimer.html

Immunization Action Coalition

http://www.immunize.org/

All the rules and regulations on the use of the images from the Immunization Action Coalition web site can be found at
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/pict001.htm

Immunization Education Organization

http://www.immunizationed.org/index.asp

All of the images on the Immunization Education Organization web site were gathered from the Public Health Image Library (PHIL) web site but are organized on one page. Use the PHIL rules outlined below for their use or read the rules on the page linked here.
http://www.immunizationed.org/diseases.asp

National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Disease (NIDDK)

http://www.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm

All the rules and regulations on the use of the images from the NIDDK web site can be found at
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/nddic.htm

National Library of Medicine - Medline Plus

http://medlineplus.gov/

All the rules and regulations on the use of the images from the Medline Plus web site can be found at:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/copyright.html

National Network for Immunization Information

http://www.nnii.org/

All materials on the NNii web site are copyright protected. You will need to get permission before using them. Consult the disclaimer page on the National Network for Immunization Information web site for details.
http://www.nnii.org//about/disclaimer.cfm

Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases

http://www.pkids.org/

The material on this website is subject to the copyright laws. Any reproduction or use of this material for other than personal use is prohibited without the express written permission of Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases. Educational institutions may contact Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases, PO Box 5666, Vancouver, WA 98668, for permission to reproduce this material.
http://www.pkids.org/legal.php

Public Health Image Library (PHIL)

http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/default.asp

How can I obtain images at the PHIL web site for my own use?

• For public domain images (see below) you can simply "right click" on the image and save it to your hard drive or other storage medium.

What regulations govern the use of the images in PHIL?

• Most of the images in the collection are in the public domain and are thus free of any copyright restrictions. If you look directly beneath the image you will see a fair use statement that tells if the image is public domain or copyright protected.

• For public domain images, permission is not required but PHIL does ask that you credit the original institution and contributor (when known) whenever the image is used in any publicly distributed media. The name and contact information of the content provider can be found in the image information table directly below each image.

• If the image is copyright protected, then you will have to contact the content provider to get usage permission. PHIL does not have the authority to grant usage for any copyrighted images in the library. If you have difficulty contacting a content provider, PHIL may be able to help, but PHIL cannot act on their behalf.

Copyrighted images: Images on this website which are copyrighted were used with permission of the copyright holder and are not in the public domain. CDC has licensed these images for use in the materials provided on this website, and the materials in the form presented on this website may be used without seeking further permission. Any other use of copyrighted images requires permission from the copyright holder.

 Links to non-federal organizations are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the federal government, and none should be inferred. CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.

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