Immunizations

Oklahoma City Health Department launches immunization campaign

Published in Vaccine Weekly, May 12th, 2004

The Oklahoma State Department of Health has launched a campaign to encourage parents to get their toddlers fully immunized against certain diseases at an earlier age.

As many as 25,000 toddlers don't get required inoculations against three dangerous childhood illnesses between the ages of 1 and 2, a health official said April 23, 2004.

A number of Oklahoma youngsters also aren't adequately protected until they either enter a day-care center or enroll in kindergarten, the agency said.

In the "OK By One" campaign, officials are advising parents and state physicians to modify childhood inoculation schedules so that a fourth dose of a...

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