The Collaboration Abides by the Following Principles:

Altruism     To serve the needs of the global community concerned with immunization safety.

Collaboration     To work together effectively by promoting good internal and external communications through open decision making and teamwork.

Worldwide Participation     To promote global participation.

Independence     To keep the Brighton Collaboration scientifically independent.

Multidisciplinary Approach     To involve people of different skills and backgrounds, in order to benefit and build upon their contributions.

Generalizability     To minimize bias by adhering to a strict scientific approach, ensuring broad participation and avoiding conflicts of interest.

Relevance     To maintain Brighton documents up-­to-­date by identifying and incorporating the highest achievable quality of clinical evidence.

Accessibility of Work     To facilitate access to Brighton documents through strategic alliances and choice of media.

Responsiveness     To provide high quality information by being open and responsive to criticism.

Continuity     To maintain continuity of responsibility for Brighton documents and key functions.

Accessibility     To allow broad participation in the work of the Brighton Collaboration by minimizing obstacles to contributing and promoting diversity.