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Nov 26 2024

National Influenza Vaccination Week is December 2-6, 2024

National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) is an annual, national awareness week focused on highlighting the importance of influenza vaccination. NIVW will be held from December 2-6 this year. NIVW serves as a reminder that it’s not too late to recommend influenza vaccination for everyone 6 months and older for whom influenza vaccination is appropriate. Click here for information to promote NIVW in your networks.

On Thursday, December 5, at 12:00 PM ET, the MCAAP Immunization Initiative, in partnership with Families Fighting Flu, and the Massachusetts Vaccine Confidence Project, will host, “A Father’s Story – Storytelling and Motivational Interviewing to Increase Influenza Vaccine Uptake.” Click here to register for the webinar.

Written by Cynthia McReynolds · Categorized: Immunization News

Oct 27 2023

MCAAP Resource Packet on RSV Prevention in Infants and Nirsevimab

The resource packet has been updated. Click here to access the updated resource packet.

Written by Cynthia McReynolds · Categorized: Immunization News, MCAAP General News, Members and Pediatrics in the News

Sep 27 2023

2023 MIAP Conference

The 28th Annual Massachusetts Immunization Action Partnership (MIAP) Pediatric Immunization Skills Building Conference will be held as a hybrid event on Wednesday, October 25, 2023. The in-person conference will be held at the DCU Center, Worcester, Massachusetts. Click here to visit the conference website.

Written by Cynthia McReynolds · Categorized: Home, Immunization News, MCAAP General News, Members and Pediatrics in the News

Jul 29 2023

Mass. lawmakers to debate religious exemption for childhood vaccine requirements

From the Boston Globe, July 26, 2023

Click here for the full article.

Written by Cathleen Haggerty · Categorized: Immunization News, MCAAP General News, Members and Pediatrics in the News

Apr 24 2023

National Infant Immunization Week is April 24-30, 2023

National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) is an annual observance highlighting the importance of protecting children two years and younger from vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs). The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that children stay on track with their well-child appointments and routine vaccinations. On-time vaccination is critical to provide protection against potentially life-threatening diseases. Click here for sample key messages that you can use to encourage parents to stay up to date on their child’s vaccinations #ivax2protect #NIIW

Written by Cynthia McReynolds · Categorized: Immunization News, Members and Pediatrics in the News

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