Geriatrics

Preventive Health Effort Aims To Boost Adult Rates

Published in Vaccine Weekly, October 28th, 1996

More than 70 clinics and locations in Washington, D.C., offered flu shots at no cost to many seniors as part of a national campaign to immunize residents age 65 and older.

The effort was an activity of National Adult Immunization Awareness Week, October 20-26, 1996, and was sponsored by the District of Columbia Coalition for Prevention, and coordinated by the Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care, Inc.

The initiative's purpose was to immunize seniors against influenza and also to increase public awareness of the need to be vaccinated to prevent pneumococcal pneumonia. While immunization rates for children have improved dramatically in recent years,...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (1996-10-28)

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