National Adult Immunization Awareness Week --
October 11-17, 1998
National Adult Immunization Awareness Week is October 11-17.
This week
emphasizes the importance of appropriately vaccinating adults
against
diphtheria, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, influenza, measles, mumps,
pneumococcal disease, rubella, tetanus, and varicella. National
Adult
Immunization Awareness Week coincides with the beginning of the
influenza
vaccination season and emphasizes the need for intensified
implementation
of vaccination programs for adults.
Additional information about National Adult Immunization
Awareness
Week is available from the National Coalition for Adult
Immunization, 4733
Bethesda Avenue, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301)
656-0003;
fax (301) 907-0878; e-mail adultimm@aol.com; and World-Wide Web
site
http://www.medscape.com/NCAI/publications/naiaw-kit/.
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