Children’s Flu Vaccination Day (Tuesday, December 9), a part of the Centers for Disease Control
By Mel Fabrikant Thursday, December 04, 2008, 04:41 PM EST
Prevention’s National Influenza Vaccination Week (December 8-14), highlights importance of protecting children with vaccination in December and beyond
Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition Resources & Experts Available
With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) pediatric influenza vaccination recommendation expanded to now include all children 6 months through 18 years of age, your readers and Web site visitors may have questions about who should be vaccinated, when they should be vaccinated and how they can seek vaccination for their children and entire family.
The National Foundation for Infectious Disease’s Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition (CIIC) can coordinate interviews with medical/public health experts and offer multi-media online resources to help answer questions, such as:
Why is it important for children to get the flu vaccine?
Should I be vaccinated as well as my child/children?
Should people with chronic medical conditions (e.g., asthma, diabetes) be vaccinated against influenza?
And dispel common myths such as:
Myth: You can get the flu from a flu vaccine.
Myth: My child is too young to get vaccinated.
Myth: The flu vaccine doesn’t work.
Videos & B-Roll Available Online
Expert sound-bites and influenza-related footage such as a broadcast quality b-roll package and a 2+ minute feature video are available at http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/ciic/34896/. (Directions for embedding videos on your Web site are available.)
Contact Jennifer Corrigan with questions and to arrange an interview with an expert and/or request a beta tape of the b-roll: jenn.corrigan@comcast.net; 732-382-8898 (office) or 732-742-7148 (cell).
About NFID and the Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition
The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) is a non-profit, tax-exempt (501c3) organization founded in 1973 and dedicated to educating the public and health care professionals about the causes, treatment and prevention of infectious diseases. For more information, please visit www.nfid.org.
Coalition members represent 30 of the nation’s leading public health, medical, patient and parent groups committed to protecting children’s health and encouraging wellness.
For more information on the Coalition, childhood influenza or a list of member organizations, please visit www.PreventChildhoodInfluenza.org. (Directions to link to our Web site can be found at http://www.preventchildhoodinfluenza.org/add/).
Coalition initiatives are made possible through an unrestricted educational grant to NFID from sanofi pasteur.
Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition Resources & Experts Available
With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) pediatric influenza vaccination recommendation expanded to now include all children 6 months through 18 years of age, your readers and Web site visitors may have questions about who should be vaccinated, when they should be vaccinated and how they can seek vaccination for their children and entire family.
The National Foundation for Infectious Disease’s Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition (CIIC) can coordinate interviews with medical/public health experts and offer multi-media online resources to help answer questions, such as:
Why is it important for children to get the flu vaccine?
Should I be vaccinated as well as my child/children?
Should people with chronic medical conditions (e.g., asthma, diabetes) be vaccinated against influenza?
And dispel common myths such as:
Myth: You can get the flu from a flu vaccine.
Myth: My child is too young to get vaccinated.
Myth: The flu vaccine doesn’t work.
Videos & B-Roll Available Online
Expert sound-bites and influenza-related footage such as a broadcast quality b-roll package and a 2+ minute feature video are available at http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/ciic/34896/. (Directions for embedding videos on your Web site are available.)
Contact Jennifer Corrigan with questions and to arrange an interview with an expert and/or request a beta tape of the b-roll: jenn.corrigan@comcast.net; 732-382-8898 (office) or 732-742-7148 (cell).
About NFID and the Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition
The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) is a non-profit, tax-exempt (501c3) organization founded in 1973 and dedicated to educating the public and health care professionals about the causes, treatment and prevention of infectious diseases. For more information, please visit www.nfid.org.
Coalition members represent 30 of the nation’s leading public health, medical, patient and parent groups committed to protecting children’s health and encouraging wellness.
For more information on the Coalition, childhood influenza or a list of member organizations, please visit www.PreventChildhoodInfluenza.org. (Directions to link to our Web site can be found at http://www.preventchildhoodinfluenza.org/add/).
Coalition initiatives are made possible through an unrestricted educational grant to NFID from sanofi pasteur.
