Meningococcal Immunization at Key Adolescent Milestones
Critical to Keeping America’s Youth Healthy
Media Telebriefing NFID held a telebriefing on February 23, 2007, for media to hear from and interact with the nation’s leading experts on meningococcal disease and immunization and discuss the role of media in shaping information about meningococcal disease that is presented to the public.
Key topics included:
Important role of media in educating the public and health care professionals about meningococcal disease prevention.
Developments in meningococcal disease prevention
Recent challenges to ensuring immunization among adolescents and young adults
Importance of year-round meningococcal immunization to ensure vaccination of those at greatest risk for the disease
Impact of meningococcal disease on families
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