Latest immunization Stories
NEW YORK, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lenny Kravitz--GRAMMY award-winning singer-songwriter, record producer and actor--has recorded a public service announcement urging people to join UNICEF to bring about an end to preventable child deaths. Some 6.9 million child deaths every year are due preventable causes, of which as many as 1.5 million are from vaccine-preventable diseases. "I'm a parent, and the thought of anyone's child dying of something we can prevent is just...
-- Pledges announced will enable over a billion children to be vaccinated ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, at the Global Vaccine Summit, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) presented a comprehensive six-year plan, the first plan to eradicate all types of polio disease - both wild poliovirus and vaccine-derived cases - simultaneously. Global leaders and individual philanthropists signaled their confidence in the plan by pledging...
Global Leaders Unite to Give All Children a Healthy Start to Life ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 300 global leaders, health and development experts, vaccinators, celebrities, philanthropists, and business leaders will gather tomorrow in Abu Dhabi in the first Global Vaccine Summit to endorse the critical role that vaccines and immunization play in giving children a healthy start to life. Despite tremendous progress, one child still dies...
Scientific Technologies Corporation (STC) releases its 2012 Public Health Annual Report. Find out what happened on the STC events and technology front in 2012 and what's coming up in 2013. Tucson, AZ (PRWEB) April 18, 2013 This year, Scientific Technologies Corporation (STC) celebrates 25 years of successful business and reflects on some of last year’s achievements, present goals and future prospects in its Public Health Annual Report. The report –released earlier this month –...
SAN ANTONIO, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sevocity, a division of Conceptual MindWorks, Inc. (CMI), today announced free state immunization registry interfaces/links for all Sevocity EHR customers. Under the program, all existing and new Sevocity customers will receive one free state immunization registry interface. Sevocity has been providing such immunization registries free to customers for sometime but has decided to make this an ongoing part of all Sevocity contracts....
SAINT PAUL, Minn., March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Immunization Action Coalition (IAC), one of the nation's premier sources of immunization information, is proud to announce the addition of two team members, Doctors William Atkinson and Litjen Tan. IAC has assembled a team of experts in immunization to ensure its continued growth as a national center for immunization education and policy development. William Atkinson, MD, MPH, joins IAC as associate director for...
In Africa, issues of vaccine supply, financing, and sustainability require urgent attention if the Millennium Development Goals are to be achieved, according to African experts writing in this week's PLOS Medicine. Shingai Machingaidze, Charles Wiysonge, and Gregory Hussey from the University of Cape Town in South Africa commend African countries for their progress in immunization programs but infectious disease outbreaks, for example, polio and measles outbreaks, as well as high vaccine...
Poll Shows 87 Percent of Texans Agree Pharmacists Should Be Allowed To Give Immunization Shots to Children AUSTIN, Texas, March 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Major Texas pharmacy groups today announced their support for vital legislation filed by Senator Larry Taylor (R-Friendswood), Representative Jodie Laubenberg (R-Parker) and Representative Gene Wu (D-Houston) - Senate Bill 1013, House Bill 2938 and House Bill 2222 - that would increase access to critical and cost-effective...
Global leaders unite to reaffirm commitment to end polio and improve child health ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Under the patronage of His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and in partnership with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, it was announced today...
EAST LANSING, Mich., March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN) and the Michiana Health Information Network (MHIN) have announced transmission of patient immunization records from Indiana health care providers to Michigan's Care Improvement Registry (MCIR) using Direct secure email through the MiHIN cloud and the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) Data Hub. This interstate Health Information Exchange (HIE)...
