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View this 3:10 minute informational video about the
spread of influenza and how to protect yourself and the many lives you touch.
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Visit the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention's influenza site to learn what you should know about influenza and to
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This website is designed to put a face on influenza
in the United States and show firsthand the seriousness of this potentially
deadly infectious disease. |
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Visit this website and read the stories of families
whose children have suffered severe medical complications from influenza,
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| The Latest Information About Influenza
Vaccination |
National Influenza Vaccine Summit
The 2007 National Influenza Vaccine Summit will be held on April 19-20
in Atlanta, Georgia. The National Influenza Vaccine Summit, co-sponsored
by the American Medical Association and CDC, meets annually to
provide a forum for discussing influenza vaccine issues with
stakeholders from public, private, and non-profit organizations. For more
information, please visit
www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/13732.html.
Letter to ACIP on influenza
Read a joint letter submitted to ACIP on February
19, 2007, from 121 organizations requesting that ACIP recommend universal
vaccination against influenza for all school-age children and teens through 18
years of age.
Recognizing efforts for going above and
beyond during the 2006-07 Influenza Vaccination Season
The National Influenza Vaccine Summit (NIVS) has
recognized three different organizations that made extraordinary contributions
towards improved adult, and/or childhood influenza vaccination rates within
their communities during the 2006-07 influenza vaccination season. The three
categories of recognition include overall 2006-07 season activity, healthcare
worker campaigns, and later season activities.
Overall 2006-07 Season Activity: The Maryland Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene, Baltimore, Maryland; Healthcare Worker Campaign: Virginia Mason Medical
Center, Seattle, Washington; and Late Season Activities: GetAFluShot.com,
Portland, Oregon.
The Awards will be presented at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) National Immunization Conference on March 5, 2007, in Kansas City, MO. To
read the press release issued by the NIVS,
click
here.
FFF Enterprises to launch 2007-2008 ordering programs
On January 4, 2007, FFF Enterprises will launch its 2007-2008
influenza vaccine ordering programs. To accommodate all U.S. time zones,
ordering will begin at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time.
Click here for further information from FFF Enterprises. The Summit does not
endorse one manufacturer or distributor over another. This information is being
provided to assist Summit partners in their planning for the next season’s
influenza vaccination programs.
Vaccine for December delivery still
available from sanofi
Sanofi pasteur has been able to produce an additional 50+ million
doses of influenza vaccine for the 2006-07 season from what it had originally
projected. The additional doses will be available for December delivery.
Providers who have already ordered these December doses will be notified of the
timing of their shipments.
Sanofi pasteur is now accepting new orders for Fluzone vaccine in all product
presentations for the 2007-08 vaccination season. Providers should call
1-800-VACCINE (1-800-822-2463) to place an order for immediate shipment. The
Summit does not endorse one manufacturer or distributor over another. This
information is being provided to assist Summit partners in their planning for
influenza vaccination.
Influenza season typically
peaks in February
This
advertisement from The National Foundation for Infectious Disease (NFID) is
intended to encourage healthcare providers to vaccinate their patients against
influenza into January and later this season, as part of our efforts to help
extend influenza immunization into December, January and later.
Please feel free to use this ad, as appropriate, when disseminating influenza
vaccination messages to your constituents via upcoming communications in January
or later. The ad can also be used as an educational flyer, poster or handout.
NFID's ad campaign, made possible by an unrestricted grant to the NFID from
sanofi pasteur, will appear in the January editions of the American Medical
News, Family Practice News, and Internal Medicine News
targeting office and hospital-based healthcare providers.
NFID continues to conduct additional activities to encourage influenza
vaccination into December, January and beyond, in support of CDC's messages, and
will provide further updates on their efforts, as they are available.
Influenza Information
Patient and Provider Education
CDC Flu Gallery and Other Resources
Faces of Influenza
View these photos and other
materials to see firsthand the seriousness of this potentially deadly infectious
disease.
Families Fighting Flu
Visit this website and read the
heart-wrenching stories of how influenza affected children in these courageous
families.
Resources to Support Late Season Influenza
Vaccination
Looking For a Place to Get Vaccinated?
Check out the American Lung Association's Flu Clinic Locator.
Looking to Purchase Influenza Vaccine for Your Clinics?
Check out the Summit's Influenza Vaccine Availability Tracking System.
Looking for a Variety of
Resources About Influenza Vaccination?
Links for healthcare professionals who need additional vaccine and the schedule
of clinics being held for late season vaccination.
Looking For Tools to Help Extend
Influenza Vaccination Beyond Thanksgiving into December and January?
Check out the Summit's "It's Not Too Late to Vaccinate" website.
Consider sending a gift card that encourages influenza
vaccination as part of this year’s holiday greeting. Check out these gift card
templates created by the Maryland Partnership for Prevention. Available in
either
red or
blue, each template includes space to add your logo on the reverse side of
the card.
Planned Activities for National
Influenza Vaccination Week
Activities Planned Throughout the U.S.
Tell CDC About Your Organization's Plans
Statements Issued in Support of
National Influenza Vaccination Week
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[PDF]
Dr. Gerberding, Director, CDC [PDF]
National Influenza Vaccine Summit [PDF]
American Academy of Pediatrics
[PDF]
American Academy of Family Physicians
[PDF]
American College of Physicians [PDF]
American Medical Association [PDF]
Infectious Diseases Society of America
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