Immunizations

Immunizations

FAST FACTS > Facts on Immunizations
In the global neighborhood, disease prevention is not just about us. Measles--a common disease that can be fatal to children and adults--has been reduced by 95% in the U.S through immunization, but remains rampant in the rest of the world. *

American Academy of Pediatrics.
Recommended Immunization Schedule. 2010.
Childhood
http://aapredbook.aappublications.org/resources/IZSchedule0-6yrs.pdf
Adolescent
http://aapredbook.aappublications.org/resources/IZSchedule7-18yrs.pdf

Immunization Action Coalition.
Information about Vaccine Preventable Diseases.
www.vaccineinformation.org

Immunization Action Coalition.
Vaccine Information for the Public and Health Professionals.
www.vaccineinformation.org/concern.asp

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. CDC.
National Immunization Program. 10 Things You Need to Know about Immunizations. 2002.
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/10-shouldknow.htm

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. CDC.
National Vaccine Program Office.
10 Tips for Evaluating Immunization Information on the Internet.
www.hhs.gov/nvpo/tips.htm


*Fact Box Reference

CDC. National Vaccine Program Office. If We Stop Vaccinating.
Accessed on the web at www.hhs.gov/nvpo