Voices for Vaccines has a new video: What is Community Immunity?
AUGUST is National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM), be sure to check out the resources that the CDC produced for this year’s NIAM! This annual observance highlights the importance of getting recommended vaccines throughout your life. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all aspects of life, including patient’s ability to attend important appointments and receive routine vaccinations. The goal of this NIAM is getting everyone back on track with routine vaccinations. Vaccinating at the recommended time is the best way to protect against serious diseases.
Vaccines protect against serious diseases.
These diseases still exist and outbreaks do occur.
Vaccines are recommended throughout our lives.
Vaccines are very safe.
Vaccine Resources:
Information for parents
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/parents/visit/vaccination-during-COVID-19.html
Get a schedule of regular childhood immunizations
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/parents/schedules/index.html
Diseases that vaccines prevent
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/parents/diseases/index.html
For adults – the Adult Vaccine Assessment Tool
https://www2a.cdc.gov/nip/adultimmsched/
Every year, Vaccinate Your Family (VYF) writes and distributes a State of the ImmUnion report to help examine the strength of our country’s defenses against vaccine-preventable diseases, and what we can do, as public health advocates and policymakers, to make our country stronger and more resilient in the face of emerging health threats.
Take a moment to ask for strong support of vaccines and to share the most recent State of the ImmUnion report by using VYF’s form to send quick and easy emails to your Members of Congress.
You can also share the report along with one of our 2023 state fact sheets that will help your lawmakers understand the importance of strong vaccination policies in Hawaiʻi.
Highlights from the 2023 State of the ImmUNION report:
Hawaii Immunization Coalition 