Dr. LJ Tan, Director of Infectious Diseases for the American Medical Association, gives an update on the current vaccine supply and other information shared durin...more

Over the past few months, we have seen an increased coverage of autism in the media. Mixed messages about the definition of autism, its prevalence, and what causes it ...more

Vaccine safety has increasingly become a hot topic. Join this call to better prepare yourself and your coalition for conducting media outreach in support of immunizat...more

National Infant Immunization Week is April 19-26th! Join this call for helpful tips and ideas on how to build media support for your NIIW activities, including working with ethnic m...more

There is a growing concern among parents regarding vaccine safety and effectiveness. As health care professionals working in the field of immunization, you see it on TV programs, r...more

Struggling with how to expand your reach and resources despite shrinking budgets? Join this call to hear how coalitions in Indiana and Washington state have partnered with non-im...more

National Infant Immunization Week is around the corner! Join this call for helpful tips and ideas from experienced planners in New Mexico and Nevada. Speakers will share how th...more

As a coalition, you are working hard to increase vaccination rates and constantly trying to find new ways to reach parents, caregivers and physicians to meet this objective. Are...more

Is your coalition struggling to develop a niche on the World Wide Web? Is your Web site outdated? Are you effectively reaching your constituents and offering them the functions ...more

Immunization coalitions and health departments are working hard to meet the Healthy People 2010 goal of increasing to 95% the percent of children aged 0-6 years with two or more...more

Alan Janssen, of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) gives an update on the 2007-2008 Influenza...more

This TA call will provide an overview of pre-teen vaccine campaigns at the state and national levels. CDC is preparing to launch a national pre-teen vaccine campaign in August 200...more

The Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program distributed 43% of the United States' childhood vaccine doses in 2005. This call provides an overview of the VFC program, a discussion of re...more

Dr. LJ Tan, Director of Infectious Diseases for the American Medical Association, gives an update on the current vaccine supply and other information shared during the ...more

Kristine Sheedy, Ph.D. acting Deputy Associate Director in the Office of Communication in the National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases at the U.S. Cent...more

The faith-based community has influence on its members from generation to generation. It also provides an opportunity for delivering education messages on immunizations in a varie...more

Frances D. Butterfoss, Ph.D., Foundation Professor and Director of the Division of Behavioral Research and Community Health in the Department of Pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Me...more

Although we may not know when or how severe, scientists agree that it is only a matter of time before the next influenza pandemic occurs. A mild pandemic like the one in 1968 may resul...more

This call presents some of the highlights and challenges of California's participation in NIIW over the past decade. Kathe Worthing Gustafson, Suzi Bouveron, and Jana Stone from the...more

Is your coalition looking for additional funds? If yes, you may wish to consider foundations, which gave grants totaling $30 billion in 2006. Dr. Bernard Turner, Associate Vice Pres...more

The task of the ACIP is to provide advice to assist the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and the nation in reducing the incidence of vaccine preventable dise...more

The number of parents who believe that vaccines are harmful or unnecessary is on the rise, largely due to the proliferation of anti-vaccine Web sites and negative portrayal of vacc...more

Mass media can be powerful allies in your coalition’s efforts to increase vaccination coverage or to reach the general public, medical providers and policy makers with vital health...more

Starting and building a local immunization coalition is a major task that involves bringing together various elements of the community around a shared mission. Its leaders and mem...more

Dr. Jeanne Santoli, Deputy Director of the Division of Immunization Services at the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) at the Centers for Disease Contr...more

In the U.S., Herpes Zoster, commonly referred to as Shingles, causes 50,000 to 60,000 related hospitalizations annually. And, 12,000 to 15,000 of these hospitalizations are for a primar...more

Dr. LJ Tan gives an update on the current vaccine supply as well as the recommendations for how to create demand for the vaccine and other activities coming out of the summit.

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Thelma King Thiel, RN, BA, founder, Chairman, and CEO of the Hepatitis Foundation International (HFI) and Molli Conti, Vice President for Community Outreach at the Hepatitis B Foundati...more

Dr. Jane Seward, acting deputy director of the CDC's division of viral diseases, discusses the spread of the disease, the vaccine, and where the outbreak is expected to travel next. Kevi...more

Dr. Anna Giuliano, program leader for risk assessment, detection and intervention program at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, discusses human papillomavirus (HP...more

Older Americans, more than any other group, show up for Election Day, which happens to fall right in the middle of flu shot season. While most community immunization campaigns are in f...more

Have you asked a pharmacist to join your immunization coalition? Pharmacists can play many roles in your coalition to increase immunization rates.

Mitch Rothholz, RPh, Vice Pre...more

This call provides an update on the 7th Annual National Conference on Immunization Coalitions held in Denver, Colorado August 9 - 11, 2006.

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This call discusses who migrant workers are, how to reach them, what the barriers are to immunization, and how the Migrant Clinician Network works in the immunization field.

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Dr. Lisa Kaplowitz, Deputy Commissioner of Health for the Commonwealth of Virginia, discusses how the Virginia Department of Health engaged a broad-based advisory committee in d...more

AED is pleased to present a technical assistance call with Dr. Daniel B. Fishbein about adolescent immunizations. With the development of new vaccines and changing recommendations ...more

The majority of adult vaccinations are given in the practice setting rather than public clinics. As a result, many public health efforts to increase adult vaccination rates have f...more

Karena (Kari) Sapsis, Health Communications Specialist, CDC, National Immunization Program, provides an update on the influenza vaccine supply situation for the 2005-2006 flu seas...more

Immunization Coalitions work to improve immunization coverage levels of cities, counties, and states. Immunization Information Systems (IIS) or immunization registries are computerized...more

AED is pleased to partner with the California Coalition for Childhood Immunization (C3I) to deliver this call.

Ethnic physicians play a vital role in reducing immunization disparitie...more

Who can forget the challenging flu season experienced in the 2004-2005 season? Think of all the messages you received and/or distributed regarding the limited vaccine supply,...more

How should you prepare for the upcoming flu season? Dr. LJ Tan, Director of Infectious Diseases for the American Medical Association and Raymond Strikas, Medical Director, Centers for Di...more

Strategically planning and executing recruitment and retention activities are important to securing the future of your coalition. Ensuring that your recruitment and retention activitie...more

Learn about the need for easy-to-read educational materials and how often we miss the mark. Discover some of the many factors that affect reading difficulty. Find out if most immunizati...more

Melissa Ely Moore, CDC Public Health Advisor from the Los Angeles County Immunization Program and Michelle Basket from the Office of Health Communications, National Immunization Pro...more

Starting and building a local immunization coalition is a major task that involves bringing together various elements of the community around a shared mission. Its leaders and me...more

Program managers are using program logic models more and more to help plan and explain their program, guide their evaluation, and reach their goals! Funders want to see a well-artic...more