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National Infant Immunization
Week (NIIW) 2006 by Rich Greenaway (rich@ecbt.org) 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 (PAHO) Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA), April 22-29, 2006. The US will join together with 35 countries in the Western Hemisphere to concurrently promote the need for routine vaccinations for infants and children during the last week in April. 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. Bi-national awareness and education events in sister city sites along the US-Mexico border are being planned this year to celebrate NIIW and VWA in partnership with PAHO, US-Mexico Border Health Commission (USMBHC), CDC, state and local health departments, and other immunization partners. These border communities will join over 500 communities from across the United States to participate in NIIW and VWA by planning community awareness and media events to promote infant immunizations to parents, caregivers, healthcare providers, and their communities. Every Child By Two believes strongly in keeping the message that children must be immunized to protect them from deadly yet preventable diseases alive. We encourage you to join in the celebration by creating your own NIIW event and helping to ensure that all children in your community and throughout the Western Hemisphere have a healthy and safe childhood free from vaccine-preventable diseases. For ideas and tools to use in planning your NIIW event or to add your activity/event to the roster of activities that the CDC is publicizing across the US visit the CDC website at http://www.cdc.gov/nip/events/niiw/default.htm. |