Influenza

Annually, influenza presents a substantial burden to the health of individuals across the United States. It is estimated that influenza results in 9.2 to 35.6 million illnesses, which lead to a significant number of hospitalizations and deaths each year. Influenza vaccination is highly recommended as a safe and effective preventive measure.

Local health departments (LHD) play an important role in protecting communities from influenza. LHDs are on the frontlines in providing influenza education and outreach, administering influenza vaccinations, and coordinating resources to prepare for the threat of a pandemic influenza emergency.

NACCHO is strengthening local health departments’ (LHD) capacity to control and prevent the spread of influenza by creating learning opportunities, providing technical support and resources, and facilitating peer exchange. In addition to the below resources, visit the NACCHO Toolbox to access many influenza resources that have been shared with NACCHO by LHDs. You can find these resources by selecting Immunization Toolkit from the "Toolkits" drop-down menu, which sits just below the search bar.

If you have any questions about NACCHO's influenza resources, email [email protected].

Increasing Influenza Vaccination Among Older Adults - 2022

This report outlines NACCHO’s follow-up collaborative convening to reevaluate the 2021 goal to increase influenza vaccination of older adults to 80%.

Increasing Influenza Vaccination Among Older Adults - 2022

School-Located Influenza Vaccination Toolkit

NACCHO has compiled the following toolkit to provide background information on school-located influenza vaccination and assist LHDs.

School-Located Influenza Vaccination Toolkit

Increasing Influenza Vaccination Among Older Adults - 2021

This report outlines NACCHO’s first collaborative convening of more than 40 organization to address vaccination uptake of older adults.

Increasing Influenza Vaccination Among Older Adults - 2021

Visit the resources below for more information on influenza created by NACCHO. To read our list of policy statements, visit the Policy and Statements page.

Community Health Program

Amy Maxson

Senior Program Analyst

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