Immunization

Organization Uses Different Approach to Increase Hepatitis Vaccine Awareness

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, February 4th, 2001

Hepatitis A virus can be transmitted easily between men having sex with men (MSM). Although public health programs have targeted this at-risk population with vaccine campaigns, the results have been less than desired.

A study presented at the 128^th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association describes how an organization in Atlanta, Georgia, called AID Atlanta used innovative approaches to reach MSM with information about hepatitis A virus (HAV).

AID Atlanta grew out of a need to provide awareness and assistance to the growing population of individuals with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Atlanta. Researchers...

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