Immunization Update 2003

Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services
For Immediate Release:
JULY 31, 2003

Contact:
Donna Abernathy
Resource & Training Coordinator
MO Department of Health & Senior Services
573-751-6058

This live satellite broadcast and webcast will provide up-to-date information on the rapidly changing field of immunization. Anticipated topics include: influenza vaccine, including recommendations for the use of the new live attenuated intranasal vaccine; pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; hepatitis B vaccine; recommendations for the use of new pediatric combination vaccines; an update on the smallpox vaccination program, including recommendations for the use of smallpox vaccine for the prevention of monkeypox; and an update on global polio
eradication. The 2.5 hour broadcast will occur live from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM, and then, will be re-broadcast later that day from 12:00 Noon to 2:30 PM Both broadcasts will feature a live question and answer session in which participants nationwide can interact with the course instructors via toll-free telephone lines.

Goal
To improve immunization practices in the United States.

Objectives
After this satellite broadcast, participants will be able to:

• List two recent immunization recommendations made by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
  
• Describe two emerging immunization issues.

Target Audience
Physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, DoD paraprofessionals, pharmacists, and their colleagues who either give immunizations or set policy for their offices, clinics, communicable disease, or infection control programs. Both private and public
health care providers, including pediatricians, family practice specialists, residents, and medical and nursing students.

Faculty
William L. Atkinson, MD, MPH, Medical Epidemiologist, National Immunization Program (NIP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC)
Donna Weaver, MN, RN, Nurse Educator, NIP, CDC
Guest Experts from the CDC

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