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Funding Opportunity: Addressing the Disparity in Vaccination Coverage Among U.S....
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking proposals for a $1,050,000 funding opportunity that aims to obtain a...
Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
NFID Tdap Awareness Campaign
The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), in collaboration with Sanofi Pasteur, has recently launched a new Tdap...
Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
NIAM Blog Series 2017: Increasing Immunization through School-Located Clinics
Throughout the month of August, NACCHO’s National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) Blog Series highlights the importance of...
Aug 30, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
NIAM Blog Series: Increasing Adult Immunizations through Education and Outreach
Throughout the month of August, NACCHO’s National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) Blog Series highlights the importance of...
Aug 16, 2017 | Courtney Martin
NIAM Blog Series: Leveraging Partnerships to Increase Maternal Immunization
Throughout the month of August, NACCHO’s National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) Blog Series will highlight the importance of...
Aug 10, 2017 | Courtney Martin
CDC e-Learn: Vaccine Administration
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a new e-Learn on vaccine administration. Proper vaccine...
Jun 21, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Releases 2018 Edition of the Travel Health Yellow Book
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released the online 2018 edition of CDC Health Information for International...
Jun 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization, which is now...
Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
National Infant Immunization Week 2017: Power to Protect
From April 22-29, 2017, local health departments (LHDs) across the nation will celebrate National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW)....
Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Funding Opportunity: Addressing the Disparity in Vaccination Coverage Among U.S. Adolescents Living in Rural Versus Urban AreasThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking proposals for a $1,050,000 funding opportunity that aims to obtain a better understanding of the factors contributing to disparities in vaccination coverage observed between adolescents living in rural areas compared to adolescents living in urban areas within the United States for all recommended vaccines, especially […] Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
NFID Tdap Awareness CampaignThe National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), in collaboration with Sanofi Pasteur, has recently launched a new Tdap (tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis vaccine) awareness campaign. The campaign focuses on the importance of disease prevention through vaccination. Pertussis (whooping cough) is a serious infection that spreads easily from person to person. The infection can cause coughing... Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
NIAM Blog Series 2017: Increasing Immunization through School-Located ClinicsThroughout the month of August, NACCHO’s National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) Blog Series highlights the importance of immunizations across the lifespan. In this week’s post, we sat down with Denver Public Health’s (DPH’s) Alejandra Santisteban, MPH, Program Assistant for the Immunizations Program, to discuss DPH’s in-school immunization program. Tell us about... Aug 30, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
NIAM Blog Series: Increasing Adult Immunizations through Education and OutreachThroughout the month of August, NACCHO’s National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) Blog Series highlights the importance of immunizations across the lifespan. In this Q&A, Linda Baker, RN, Public Health Nurse at the Orange County (NY) Health Department, discusses how her local health department is working to improve immunization rates in their adult population. As a […] Aug 16, 2017 | Courtney Martin |
NIAM Blog Series: Leveraging Partnerships to Increase Maternal ImmunizationThroughout the month of August, NACCHO’s National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) Blog Series will highlight the importance of immunizations across the lifespan. In this Q&A, Carrie Harter, MPH, Director of Disease Control at the Florida Department of Health in Manatee County (DOH-Manatee), discusses the importance of immunizations during pregnancy and the role of local health […] Aug 10, 2017 | Courtney Martin |
CDC e-Learn: Vaccine AdministrationThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a new e-Learn on vaccine administration. Proper vaccine administration is critical for ensuring that vaccines are both safe and effective. Vaccine administration errors happen more often than you might think. Of the average 36,000 reports received annually by the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), […] Jun 21, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Releases 2018 Edition of the Travel Health Yellow BookThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released the online 2018 edition of CDC Health Information for International Travel, commonly known as the Yellow Book. Completely revised every two years, the Yellow Book is the definitive guide for healthy international travel. The Yellow Book is written primarily for health professionals but is a useful […] Jun 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
General Best Practice Guidelines for ImmunizationThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization, which is now available on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) website. These guidelines replace the General Recommendations on Immunization, last published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) in 2011. The General Best Practice Guidelines for... Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
National Infant Immunization Week 2017: Power to ProtectFrom April 22-29, 2017, local health departments (LHDs) across the nation will celebrate National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW). Established in 1994, NIIW is an opportunity to highlight the importance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) and celebrate the achievements of immunization programs in promoting healthy communities. Throughout this week, NACCHO will focus... Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
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