Immunization Blitz Stepped Up

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April 13, 2001

 

“Immunization Blitz Stepped Up”

London Free Press (www.canoe.ca/londonfreepress) (04/13/01) P.

A3; O’Brien, Jennifer

Health officials in London, Ontario, will use public service announcements in an effort to influence the city’s high-risk youth population to get vaccinated against meningococcal disease.  One expert notes that less than 60 percent of the target group has been vaccinated thus far.  Five confirmed cases of meningococcal disease in the London area prompted the campaign, which aims to vaccinate 40,000 adolescents and young adults who attend high schools north of the south branch of the Thames and the river west of the forks and college students at Fanshawe College and the University of Western Ontario.  Between 80 and 90 percent of high school students have been vaccinated, so the announcements will be geared towards college students and other high-risk non-students, according to London’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Graham Pollett.

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