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April 11, 2003

U.S. IMMUNIZATION NEWS

"National Infant Immunization Week Urges Parents to Promise to Vaccinate"

U.S. Newswire (www.usnewswire.com) (03/10/03)

National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW), which runs from April 13 to April 19, aims to highlight the importance of childhood vaccination.  The week will be launched at a meeting in Los Angeles on Friday, April 11, by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Immunization Coalition of Los Angeles County, and California Hospital.  For the event, the CDC will introduce two public service announcements, one in Spanish and one in English; a bilingual immunization booklet; and a list of activities related to NIIW around Los Angeles.

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