Pediatric Vaccines

Meningitis Angels Founder Frankie Milley Speaks at CDC National Stakeholder Meeting Regarding Infant Vaccination

Published in Vaccine Weekly, June 8th, 2011

2011 JUN 8 -- On Wednesday, May 25, in Washington, D.C., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hosted the first of a series of national and regional meetings to gather stakeholder and expert input about adding a new meningitis vaccine to the infant immunization schedule.

Meningitis Angels Founder and National Director Frankie Milley participated in yesterday's dialogue and spoke to the attendees about the financial and social burden that the families of meningococcal disease victims and survivors struggle with both immediately after the initial diagnosis, and for the rest of a survivor's life. Milley also voiced her support for protecting...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2011-06-08)

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