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Educational and Promotional Materials
For more information related to the new state mandate requiring incoming 6-9th graders* ages 11 and older to be immunized against meningitis, chickenpox, and whooping cough, check out the links below:
School and Childcare | Parents and Families | Health Professionals
To order educational materials about immunizations against meningitis, chickenpox, and whooping cough, please complete the form below:
*School requirements for MCV4 and Tdap vaccination are updated yearly – adding an additional grade each year until all grades 6th - 12th are required to be vaccinated. For the 2012 - 2013 school year, 6th - 10th graders will be required to receive these vaccines.
Click here for
Arizona Department of Health Services' Report on the Current National and State
System for Reporting and Collecting Information Regarding Vaccine Adverse
Events. [PDF]
Arizona State Immunization Information System Statistics
Click here for information about the Vaccine Rule Amendment in effect as of January 5, 2008. [PDF]
Check back for further updates!
Immunizations in Arizona
Every year, over 102,000 children
are born in Arizona, and all must be immunized against childhood
diseases to protect their health and future. Our 2010 goal is to have at least 90% of all children immunized at the standard 4:3:1:3:3 coverage level (4 or more doses of DTaP; 3 or more doses of IPV; one or more dose of MMR; 3 or more doses of Hib; 3 or more doses of Hep B vaccine and 1 dose of Varicella vaccine) by 2 years of age. As of September 2010 the U.S. immunization rate for 4:3:1:3:3:1 is 70%. Arizona's rate is 70%.
The Arizona Immunization
Program is working to meet the Year 2010 goal for children and to raise
immunization rates for all children and adults. The Arizona Immunization Program
secures funds:
- To purchase vaccines for
Medicaid eligible children, Native American children and uninsured or
underinsured children in Arizona through the Vaccines for
Children program.
- To support public providers
in order to enhance service delivery of immunizations.
- To increase educational
and/or informational efforts of providers.
- To increase awareness on the
importance of following recommended immunization
schedules for age appropriate vaccinations.
The program works to increase
public awareness by providing educational materials to all vaccine providers
through partnerships with coalitions, such as The Arizona Partnership for Immunization (TAPI),
the Maricopa County Childhood
Immunization Partnership (MCCHIP) the Arizona Partnership for Adult
Immunizations (APAI) and the Southern Arizona Immunization Coalition (SAIC).
The program also monitors immunization levels of Arizona's children attending
school or child care; disease surveillance and outbreak control; information and
education; and enforcement of the state's
immunization requirements.
Other Immunization Information
- Arizona Immunization Rates by Facility/Grade, 1995-2010
Immunization data reports collected from schools and child care centers by Maricopa County
Department of Public Health, Pima County Health Department, and the ADHS Immunization Program.
- Immunization Schedules
Links to the recommended childhood and adult immunization schedules.
- Information on Getting Immunizations
Where to go to get immunizations in Arizona.
- Diseases that Immunizations Prevent
A list of vaccine preventable diseases, their threat, and the immunizations that help to protect against them.
- Arizona's Immunization Requirements
State immunization requirements for child care and school entry.
- Information for Health Care Professionals
Annual conference, satellite broadcast schedule, perinatal hepatitis B program, and vaccine management.
- Program Activities
Summary of AIPO activities.
- International Travel Immunizations
Important immunization information for travelers.
- Links to Related Information
Links to county, state, and national immunization resources, including the National Immunization Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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