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42nd National Immunization Conference
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March 17–20, 2008
Hilton Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
THANK YOU to everyone who attended the 42nd National Immunization Conference! This was a great conference. Roughly 1500 people from around the United States, and beyond, attended the conference, participating in three plenary sessions, 12 featured sessions, 60 workshop sessions, 72 workshops, two Immunization Q&A sessions, more than 100 poster sessions, and a variety of fitness and other special events.
Conference Goals and Objectives
The goals of the Conference are to provide information that will help participants provide comprehensive immunization coverage for all age groups and explore innovative strategies for developing programs, policy, and research to promote immunization coverage for all age groups. The Conference Education Program Objective is: To bring together a wide variety of local, state, federal, and private-sector immunization partners to explore science, policy, education, and planning issues related to immunization in general and vaccine-preventable disease. During three and a half days of plenary sessions and workshops, many topics will be discussed, including:
Adolescent Immunization * Adult Immunization *
Assessment
Barriers to Vaccination * Community and Partnerships
Childhood Immunization * Cultural Diversity * Global Immunization
Surveillance * Health Communications * Health Education
Policy and Legislation * New Vaccines and Vaccine Development
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases * Vaccine Safety * Immunization Registries
Conference Program, including Recordings and Slide Files
The Conference Planning Team is pleased to be able to provide recordings and presentation slide files for many of the sessions that took place at the conference.
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Need More Information?
For more information about the 42nd National Immunization Conference, please contact the Conference Planning Team at (404) 639-8225 or via email at NIPNIC@cdc.gov.
Content last reviewed on May 29, 2008
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases