Immunization

Infant immunization reaches record high in Hawaii

Published in Vaccine Weekly, August 25th, 2004

Hawaii's childhood immunization rate hit a record high of 82.8% in 2003, while the national rate last year was 81.3%, the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.

Hawaii's previous rate was 80.9%.

State Health Director Chiyome Fukino said that public and private agencies and physicians in the islands renewed their efforts to increase childhood vaccination rates over the past 2 years.

State law mandates all children must be appropriately vaccinated before starting school. But health officials say many infants and toddlers remain at risk.

The Department of Health is encouraging parents to...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2004-08-25)

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