National Infant Immunization Week

April 21-28, 2007

National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) is an annual observance to promote the benefits of immunizations and to focus on the importance of immunizing infants against vaccine-preventable diseases by age two.  This year NIIW will again be held in conjunction with the Pan American Health Organization's Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA), April 21-28, 2007.  The 2007 Florida Statewide Immunization Summit will be held on April 24 - 25, 2007 in Orlando, Florida at the Florida Hotel & Conference Center at the Florida Mall to coincide with NIIW.  The summit focuses on updating the state’s public and private providers on immunizations and assisting practitioners with reaching the goal of achieving 90 percent coverage of Florida’s two-year-olds by July 2007.

Since 1994, NIIW has provided an excellent opportunity for local and state health departments, national immunization partners, healthcare providers, and community leaders from across the country to highlight the positive impact of immunization on the lives of infants and children and to call attention to immunization achievements.

Hundreds of communities from across the United States are expected to participate in NIIW by planning community awareness and media events to promote infant immunizations to parents, caregivers, healthcare providers, and their communities.  Join in the celebration—create your own NIIW event and help to ensure that all children in your community have a healthy and safe childhood free from vaccine-preventable diseases. The Bureau of Immunization encourages community awareness and media events to promote infant immunizations to parents, caregivers, healthcare providers, and their communities.

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/niiw/default.htm

If you are planning an NIIW 2007 activity, large or small, we would like to hear from you! 

NIIW Posters

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• Vaccination is one of the most important ways a parent can protect their child's health.
• Love and protect our children by vaccination them on time every time.
• The promise is great for a world where all children have a chance for a healthy start to life.
• Vaccines are one of history's most successful tools for preventing serious disease and death.
• Parents and healthcare providers must work together to ensure that all children are fully immunized.