Over a Third of Young Children in Michigan are Susceptible to Vaccine Preventable Diseases

Cristi Bramer, MPH, MCIR Epidemiologist, MDHHS Division of Immunization

​The following discusses vaccinations in children under two years of age, the importance of vaccines, and how vaccine coverage has changed over the last 20+ years ago.

Via The Guardian of Public Health

Before children are two years of age, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends vaccination to prevent 14 infectious diseases: measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib), polio, influenza, rotavirus, and invasive pneumococcal disease. Vaccines are our best defense against these infections, which may cause serious complications, even death. Read More>>