Issue Number
111
September 17, 1999
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
- CDC publishes report on vaccination campaign for Kosovar
Albanian refugee children
- Coming Soon! Teleconference on "Communicating with Parents:
Best Practices in Childhood Immunization" is offered starting September 27, 1999
- Workshop on preteen vaccination set for October 27, 1999, in
Kansas City, MO
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September 17, 1999
CDC PUBLISHES REPORT ON VACCINATION CAMPAIGN FOR KOSOVAR ALBANIAN REFUGEE CHILDREN
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a report entitled "Vaccination Campaign for
Kosovar Albanian Refugee Children -- Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, April-May, 1999" in the September
17, 1999, issue of the MMWR.
This MMWR report describes the first mass vaccination campaign for Kosovar Albanian refugee children in
Macedonian refugee camps (April 26-May 10, 1999). The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Ministry of Health
planned the campaign in collaboration with other international agencies as "a
major public health concern in these camps was the prevention of vaccine-preventable
diseases, particularly measles."
Kosovar Albanian refugee children aged less than 4 years without evidence of
full vaccination were to be immunized during three consecutive mass campaigns separated by 30 days.
Initially, no provision was made to vaccinate new refugees who arrived between campaigns. This plan was
modified to include weekly clinics at each camp to take into account rapid patient turnover. The article's editorial note states:
"Had the original vaccination plan been followed, coverage rates would have been much lower
and newly arrived children would have been susceptible to measles for up to 1
month before being vaccinated."
To read the complete MMWR report of this campaign, click here:
http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4836a3.htm
HOW TO GET A FREE ELECTRONIC SUBSCRIPTION TO THE MMWR To get a free electronic subscription to the MMWR
(delivered weekly), go to the MMWR website and sign up. When you sign up, you will also automatically
begin to receive all new ACIP statements which are published as MMWR's "Recommendations and Reports." To get to the MMWR
website, click here: http://www2.cdc.gov/mmwr/
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September 17, 1999
COMING SOON! TELECONFERENCE ON "COMMUNICATING WITH PARENTS: BEST PRACTICES IN CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION" IS
OFFERED STARTING SEPTEMBER 27, 1999
This live teleconference entitled "Communicating with Parents: Best Practices
in Childhood Immunization" will provide information about changes made to the 1999 Recommended
Childhood Immunization Schedule and ways to effectively communicate this information to parents. The teleconference
is scheduled at various times and dates throughout the end of September and the month of October.
Sponsored by Montefiore Medical Center's CME teleconference series, the teleconference is a 30-minute live forum presented
by William L. Atkinson, MD, MPH, and Sharon G. Humiston, MD, MPH, medical epidemiologists at the
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
A 15-minute interactive question-and-answer session will follow each teleconference. CME credit is available through
Albert Einstein College of Medicine. CEU credit is offered though the New York State Nurses
Association Council on Continuing Education.
To obtain a schedule of teleconference dates and times, and/or to register, call (888) 375-9573 between
9:00am and 5:30pm ET. You can also view a schedule of teleconference dates and times on CDC's website at
http://www.cdc.gov/phtn/calendar.htm
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September 17, 1999
WORKSHOP ON PRETEEN VACCINATION SET FOR OCTOBER 27, 1999, IN KANSAS CITY, MO
"Preteen Shots: Ouch-less Collaborative Strategies" is the title of a half-day
workshop scheduled before the 73rd National School Health Conference in Kansas City, MO,
October 27-30, 1999. The session will focus on "low-stress" strategies for implementation and maintenance of preteen
vaccination programs. Topics include discussion of ACIP recommendations, the most common mistakes of program planners,
how to select collaborators, and how to create an effective immunization timetable for 1999-2000. In
addition, participants will view the video for preteens entitled "The Case of the Missing Shots."
Workshop presenters are Lynda Boyer-Chuanroong, RN, MPH, author of "Roll Up BOTH Sleeves," a preteen manual and video
kit, and Carol Cowden, BS, MA, former project director of the Mid-America Immunization Coalition.
Registration cost is $45 and includes a free luncheon and a copy of "Roll Up
BOTH Sleeves." For more information and/or to register, call (330) 678-1601 or fax (330) 678-4526 or send an e-mail to
lhrobak@ashaweb.org A registration form for the workshop that
also includes other activities scheduled during the 73rd National School Health Conference can be downloaded from
the website of the American School Health Association (ASHA) at http://www.ashaweb.org/conferences/ |
