Issue
Number 494
November 29, 2004
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
- CDC notifies MMWR readers that December 1 is World AIDS
Day
- Updated: CDC continues to supplement its website with
information related to the influenza vaccine shortage
- New: CDC's Division of Viral Hepatitis posts the
Hepatitis C Toolkit on its website
- Updated: IAC revises its parent-education piece
"Immunizations for Babies"
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ABBREVIATIONS: AAFP, American Academy of Family Physicians; AAP, American
Academy of Pediatrics; ACIP, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices;
CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; FDA, Food and Drug
Administration; IAC, Immunization Action Coalition; MMWR, Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report; NIP, National Immunization Program; VIS, Vaccine
Information Statement; VPD, vaccine-preventable disease; WHO, World
Health Organization.
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November 29, 2004
CDC NOTIFIES MMWR READERS THAT DECEMBER 1 IS WORLD AIDS DAY
CDC published "World AIDS Day--December 1, 2004" in the November 26 issue of
MMWR. The notice is reprinted below in its entirety, excluding references.
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World AIDS Day 2004 focuses on the increasing vulnerability of women to
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(AIDS) with the theme, Women, Girls, HIV, and AIDS. Globally, women account
for nearly half of adults living with HIV. However, in some African
countries, HIV prevalence is nearly five times greater among young women
than men.
In the United States, women in racial/ethnic minority populations are
especially vulnerable. In 2003, black and Hispanic women accounted for 25%
of all U.S. women but 83% of women with diagnosed AIDS. Black women were 25
times more likely and Hispanic women six times more likely than white women
to have diagnosed AIDS.
In 2002, surveys of U.S. adults indicated that one tenth had been tested for
HIV during the previous year. CDC estimates one fourth of the approximately
900,000 persons living with HIV in the United States do not know that they
are infected, are not receiving treatments, and might unknowingly transmit
HIV to others.
CDC supports a combined biomedical and behavioral strategy to reduce HIV
infections in the United States, including expanded access to counseling,
behavioral interventions, and screening and treatment for sexually
transmitted diseases. Additional information is available at
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv or by
telephone, (800) 342-2437.
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To access a web-text (HTML) version of the notice, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5346a1.htm
To access a ready-to-copy (PDF) version of this issue of MMWR, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5346.pdf
To receive a FREE electronic subscription to MMWR (which includes new ACIP
statements), go to:
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November 29, 2004
UPDATED: CDC CONTINUES TO SUPPLEMENT ITS WEBSITE WITH INFORMATION RELATED TO
THE INFLUENZA VACCINE SHORTAGE
CDC recently updated its website with documents related to the influenza
vaccine shortage. Following are links to the new information.
(1) The information in the two-page document "Guidelines & Recommendations:
Interim Guidance for Influenza Diagnostic Testing During the 2004-05
Influenza Season" helps clinicians determine when they should order
influenza testing.
To access a ready-to-print version, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/diagnosis/pdf/0405testingguide.pdf
To access a web-text (HTML) version, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/diagnosis/0405testingguide.htm
(2) The two-page patient-education sheet "Key Facts About the Flu: How to
Prevent the Flu and What to do if you Get Sick" is now available in Chinese,
Vietnamese, and Tagalog, as well as in English.
To access a ready-to-print (PDF) version of it in CHINESE, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/cht/pdf/keyfacts-chinese.pdf
To access a ready-to-print (PDF) version of it in VIETNAMESE, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/vie/pdf/keyfacts-vietnamese.pdf
To access a ready-to-print (PDF) version of it in TAGALOG, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/tgl/pdf/keyfacts-tagalog.pdf
To access a ready-to-print (PDF) version of it in ENGLISH, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/pdf/keyfacts.pdf
To access a web-text (HTML) version of it in ENGLISH, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/keyfacts.htm
(3) The web page "Questions & Answers: 2004-05 Flu Season" has been updated
with information about this season's vaccine strains. To access it, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/0405season.htm
For ongoing information about new and updated additions to CDC's Influenza
web section, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/whatsnew.htm
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November 29, 2004
NEW: CDC'S DIVISION OF VIRAL HEPATITIS POSTS THE HEPATITIS C TOOLKIT ON ITS
WEBSITE
CDC's Division of Viral Hepatitis recently posted the complete contents of
its Hepatitis C Toolkit on its website. The toolkit includes the following:
online training, a physician's booklet, a reference for interpretation of
hepatitis C virus (HCV) test results, HCV infection testing for diagnosis,
recommendations for testing based on risk for HCV infection, a patient
information card, and a patient-education poster in English and Spanish.
To access the materials in the toolkit, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/c/index.htm#toolkit
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November 29, 2004
UPDATED: IAC REVISES ITS PARENT-EDUCATION PIECE "IMMUNIZATIONS FOR BABIES"
IAC recently updated its one-page parent-education piece "Immunizations for
Babies." The piece presents a simple-to-follow chart of the vaccinations
babies need in their first 23 months; it has been reformatted and updated to
add influenza vaccine.
To access a ready-to-copy (PDF) version of the updated piece, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4010imm.pdf
To access a web-text (HTML) version, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4010.htm |
