Eradicate Meningitis Through Awareness And Vaccine
Eradicate meningitis programs usually have two-pronged strategy - one focuses on generating awareness and the other on finding a cure. At present, there is no vaccination or cure that can treat all forms of meningitis. Therefore, if we are serious about eradicating this dreadful disease, we have to equally focus on generating awareness about this disease.
School Nurses Call on Parents to Vaccinate their Preteens and Teens Against Meningococcal Meningitis Before School Year Begins
NEW YORK, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- More than half of adolescents 13 to 17 years of age have not been vaccinated against meningococcal disease, a rare but serious disease that can cause meningitis and take the life of a child in just a single day.
School Nurses in San Diego Tackle Low Meningitis Vaccination Rates
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The California School Nurses Organization (CSNO) and the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency have joined the Voices of Meningitis campaign to urge parents to vaccinate preteens and teens in San Diego against meningococcal disease, a rare but serious bacterial infection that can cause meningitis and take the life of a child in just a single day.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other leading medical groups recommend vaccination for preteens and teens 11 through 18 years of age, and college freshmen living in dormitories.
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School Nurses in San Diego Tackle Low Meningitis Vaccination Rates
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The California School Nurses Organization (CSNO) and the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency have joined the Voices of Meningitis campaign to urge parents to vaccinate preteens and teens in San Diego against meningococcal disease, a rare but serious bacterial infection that can cause meningitis and take the life of a child in just a single day.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other leading medical groups recommend vaccination for preteens and teens 11 through 18 years of age, and college freshmen living in dormitories.
School Nurses in Sacramento Tackle Low Meningitis Vaccination Rates
SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The California School Nurses Organization (CSNO), Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services, Sacramento Healthy Community Immunization Coalition, and California Immunization Coalition have joined the Voices of Meningitis campaign to urge parents to vaccinate preteens and teens in Sacramento against meningococcal disease, a rare but serious bacterial infection that can cause meningitis and take the life of a child in just a single day.
School Nurses in Memphis Tackle Low Meningitis Vaccination Rates
MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tennessee Association of School Nurses (TASN) and the Memphis and Shelby County Health Department, have joined the Voices of Meningitis campaign to urge parents to vaccinate preteens and teens in Memphis against meningococcal disease, a rare but serious bacterial infection that can cause meningitis and take the life of a child in just a single day.
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