253860 Local Use of Immunization Recommendations from the Community Guide

Monday, October 31, 2011: 3:00 PM

Mohammad Akhter, MD, MPH , District of Columbia Department of Health, Washington, DC
     
This presentation describes how full implementation of vaccines recommendations in the Guide to Community Preventive Services has improved program effectiveness in reducing vaccine-preventable diseases.

Learning Objectives:
1. Describe vaccine recommendations from the Community Guide currently used in the District of Columbia. 2. Provide examples of how these recommendations have improved program effectiveness in achieving high childhood vaccination rates and in reducing vaccine-preventable diseases in the District of Columbia.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Director of a large, urban health department that provides services such as health promotion, disease prevention, control of infectious diseases and a wide range of other public health services.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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