This year the Week of Vaccination in the Americas will take place from April 25 to May 2.
Their slogan is: Boost your power! GetVax!
The event sponsored by the World Health Organization since 2003 aims to strengthen national immunization programs across the region, aimed at reaching populations with little access to health services, such as those living in rural areas, urban neighborhoods and indigenous communities.
This initiative also reinforces the awareness of the importance of vaccination the fight against more than 20 types of diseases preventable, and keep the topic of vaccines on the political agenda.
The global network of development professionals Guardian (England) recognizes the week of vaccination in the Americas as one of five memorable movements in public health.
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Vaccination Week in the Americas
Releated Links
- Semana de Vacunación en las Américas / Semana de Vacinação nas Américas / Vaccination Week in the Americas
- Novel H1N1 vaccination recommendations
- Vaccines and preventable diseases: yellow fever vaccination
- Notice to readers: fever, jaundice, and Multiple organ system failure associated with 17D-derived yellow fever vaccination, 1996 2001
- Adverse events associated with 17D-derived yellow fever vaccination - United States, 2001- 2002
- International travel and health: vaccination requirements and health advice
