Issue
Number 318
June 10, 2002
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
- Announcing IAC's new "IZ
Coalitions" website!
- Raise your immunization delivery
standards with TIDE
- IAC's Hepatitis Programs website
continues to grow
- CDC reports on progress toward
polio eradication in Nigeria
- IOM will host one-day public
meetings each on smallpox and polio in June and
July
- CDC publishes article about rabies
in a Florida beaver
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June 10, 2002
ANNOUNCING IAC'S NEW "IZ COALITIONS" WEBSITE!
The Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) is excited to
announce the creation of its new "super-website"
for immunization coalitions at all
levels--local, state, regional, national, and
international--and all types--whether focused on childhood, adult, senior,
or specific vaccines. This online "izcoalitions"
database will allow
health professionals, parents, immunization advocates,
and others to contact various coalitions for
resources, idea-sharing, strategic
partnering, or even volunteer opportunities.
For the first time, immunization coalitions--that is,
organizations that work to increase immunization
rates in their communities or regions--can
use the power of the Internet to connect with each
other. Searches can be done
by name or by geographic area.
The goal for the Immunization Coalitions website is to
include EVERY coalition, so please log on and
sign up at your earliest convenience if
your coalition has not done so already. IAC will
periodically remind registered
coalitions to update their data, so the Immunization
Coalitions website information will be
current and accurate.
To search or add your coalition to the Immunization
Coalitions website, go to:
http://www.izcoalitions.org
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June 10, 2002
RAISE YOUR IMMUNIZATION DELIVERY STANDARDS WITH TIDE
"TIDE (Teaching Immunization Delivery and Evaluation): An
Online Interactive Educational Program" is
now offered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and
the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). Designed
to "improve knowledge, attitudes, and skills" in clinical
settings to lead to increased immunization rates for
children, the program consists of four self-contained
modules: Childhood Immunization, Assessing Immunization
Rates, Improving Immunization Rates in Your Practice, and
Adolescent Immunizations. Learners consider sample
pediatric cases, walk through a chart audit, and use
adolescent patient information to make correct
immunization decisions.
TIDE is currently available at no charge. Three of TIDE's
four modules are certified for 1 hour each of
CME/CEU credit. The first module is certified for 1 CNE contact
hour. Complete certification for the program is expected
following remaining pilot testing and evaluation.
To learn more about TIDE, go to:
http://www.musc.edu/tide
To register online to use the TIDE modules, go to:
http://www2.edserv.musc.edu/tide/reg/register.las
If you have questions about TIDE, contact Patti Holsclaw,
TIDE coordinator, by phone at (843) 876-1217 or email at
holsclpw@musc.edu
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June 10, 2002
IAC'S HEPATITIS PROGRAMS WEBSITE CONTINUES TO GROW
The Immunization Action Coalition's Hepatitis Prevention
Programs website now features 70 programs! Each of these
programs is successfully preventing one or more types of
hepatitis in adults and adolescents at risk for infection.
The following five programs are brand-new to the website:
Denver Public Health Department
http://www.hepprograms.org/adult/adult8.asp
Louisiana Office of Public Health, Infectious Disease
Epidemiology
http://www.hepprograms.org/drug/drug9.asp
Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey
http://www.hepprograms.org/school/school6.asp
Wenatchee Valley Medical Center
http://www.hepprograms.org/other/other6.asp
Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Division of Juvenile
Corrections
http://www.hepprograms.org/juven/juven7.asp
The following three programs have updated their information:
Jefferson County Health Department
http://www.hepprograms.org/msm/msm7.asp
Seattle and King County Viral Hepatitis Integration
Project
http://www.hepprograms.org/msm/msm10.asp
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
http://www.hepprograms.org/adult/adult1.asp
Please visit the Hepatitis Prevention Programs website at
http://www.hepprograms.org
to read about these programs or to explore dozens of hepatitis resources, including
organization websites, provider guides, and patient
education materials.
We are always looking for new programs to add to the site.
If you have information you would like to share with your
colleagues, go directly to the "Tell us about your
program" page at
http://www.hepprograms.org/tellus.htm
You can also email us at evaluation@immunize.org
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June 10, 2002
CDC REPORTS ON PROGRESS TOWARD POLIO ERADICATION IN
NIGERIA
On June 7, 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) published "Progress Toward
Polio Eradication--Nigeria, January 2000-March 2002" in the
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
The article and editorial note read in part as follows,
excluding footnotes:
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Since 1988, when the World Health Assembly of the World
Health Organization (WHO) resolved to eradicate
poliomyelitis globally, the annual estimated incidence of
polio has declined 99%. Nigeria is the
most populous country in Africa (estimated 2000 population: 127 million)
and a major poliovirus reservoir. . . .
In parts of southern Nigeria, no wild polioviruses have
been isolated since July 2001. Transmission continues in
the northwestern states (type 1) and the northern central
and northeastern states (type 3). Key achievements over
the past 2 years include creation of an expanded AFP
[acute flaccid paralysis] surveillance medical officer
infrastructure covering all parts of the country,
implementation of an intensified house-to-house
vaccination strategy during NIDs and SNIDs [National
Immunization Days and sub-National Immunization Days], and
supplementation of hundreds of thousands of children with
vitamin A during polio vaccination campaigns.
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To obtain the complete text of the article online, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5122a2.htm
To obtain a camera-ready (PDF format) copy of this issue
of MMWR, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5122.pdf
HOW TO OBTAIN A FREE ELECTRONIC SUBSCRIPTION TO THE MMWR:
To obtain a free electronic subscription to the "Morbidity
and Mortality Weekly Report" (MMWR), visit
CDC's MMWR website at:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr
Select "Free MMWR Subscription" from the
menu at the left of the screen. Once you have submitted the required information, weekly
issues of the MMWR and all new ACIP statements (published
as MMWR's "Recommendations and Reports") will
arrive automatically by email.
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June 10, 2002
IOM WILL HOST ONE-DAY PUBLIC MEETINGS EACH ON SMALLPOX AND
POLIO IN JUNE AND JULY
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has announced two open
meetings this summer as follows:
The IOM Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
will hold a forum titled "Smallpox: The
Scientific Basis for Vaccination Policy Options" on Saturday, June 15, at
the National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington,
D.C. Participants will discuss the scientific evidence
that provides the foundation for smallpox vaccination
policy options.
The agenda for the forum will be posted online in early
June at:
http://www.iom.edu/hpdp
To register for the forum online, go to:
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/iom/Registrations.nsf/Register?OpenForm&005
You may also register for the forum by contacting Judy
Estep by phone at (202) 334-2013 or email at
jestep@nas.edu
The IOM Immunization Safety Review Committee will hold its
sixth public meeting on Thursday, July 11, 2002, at the
National Academies Building in Washington, D.C., from 8:30
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The topic of this meeting will be a
possible association between simian virus-40 contamination
of polio vaccine and cancer.
A draft agenda will be posted by June 25 on the IOM
website at:
http://www.iom.edu/imsafety
To register online, go to:
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/iom/Registrations.nsf/Register?OpenForm&004
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June 10, 2002
CDC PUBLISHES ARTICLE ABOUT RABIES IN A FLORIDA BEAVER
On June 7, 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) published "Rabies in a
Beaver--Florida, 2001" in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
The article describes a beaver that in November 2001
"exhibited aggressive behavior by charging canoes and
kayaks on the Ichetucknee River in Alachua County,
Florida." No bites by the animal were reported.
The editorial note reads in part as follows, excluding
footnotes:
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This report describes the first finding of rabies in a
beaver in Florida. Although rodents are not a wildlife
reservoir for rabies virus and no rabies transmission from
rodents to humans has been documented, reported cases of
rabies in rodents have been increasing in the United
States, from 97 cases during 1971-1984 to an average of 52
cases per year during 1995-2000. This trend is attributed
to an increase in cases among large rodents (e.g.,
woodchucks [Marmota monax] and beavers [Castor
canadensis]), with most cases occurring in the eastern
states, where a raccoon rabies epizootic has been
documented.
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To obtain the complete text of the article online, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5122a3.htm
To obtain a camera-ready (PDF format) copy of this issue
of MMWR, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5122.pdf
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