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FIGURE 1. Delaware School Immunization Survey Data for Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccine, 2009-2010 to 2016-2017
Source: Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Delaware Immunizations Program, 2018
and enter a ZIP code.
For more information on immunizations for children, adults, and health care providers, visit DPH’s immunizations website, www.dhss.delaware.gov/
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dph/dpc/immunize.html or call the Immunizations Hotline at 1-888-282-8672 weekdays between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Children without medical insurance may receive free vaccines through the VFC program; for details, call the hotline or visit www.dhss.delaware.gov/dph/dpc/ immunize.html to learn more.
The CDC’s website, www.cdc.gov/ vaccines, offers additional information, such as the recommended immunization schedule. Health care providers can view the immunization schedule on tablets or smart phones by downloading the CDC Vaccines Schedules app at www.cdc.gov.
■ JAMES E. TALBOTT, MPA is the Director of the Delaware Division of Public Health’s Immunization and Vaccines for Children Program. Jim holds a master’s degree in Public Administration from Wilmington University. He has been the Director of the Immunization Program since 2012, and has been with the Division of Public Health since 2003, serving as a Management Analyst with the Bureau of Communicable Disease, Child Development Watch, and the Office of Primary Care and Rural Health. Jim is also a veteran, having served 23 years in the U.S. Air Force prior to joining the Division of Public Health in 2003.
REFERENCES
1. CDC, www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/vfc/index.html
2. Delaware Administrative Code, Title 16, http://delcode.delaware.gov/title16/index.shtml
3. CDC, www.cdc.gov/mumps/outbreaks.html
4. Delaware Division of Public Health, Epidemiology, Communicable Disease Yearly Statistics, www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/epi/epi.html
5. MMWR Mortality Tables, MMWR Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables, Delaware Division of Public Health, Epidemiology, Communicable Disease Yearly Statistics, www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/epi/epi.html
6. Delaware Division of Public Health, Epidemiology, Communicable Disease Yearly Statistics, www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/epi/epi.html
7. Delaware Division of Public Health, Epidemiology, Communicable Disease Yearly Statistics, www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/epi/epi.html 8. Delaware Division of Public Health, Epidemiology, Communicable Disease Yearly Statistics, www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/epi/epi.html 9. CDC, SchoolVaxView, www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-managers/coverage/schoolvaxview/data-reports/index.html
10. Delaware Administrative Code, Title 8, http://delcode.delaware.gov/title14/c001/sc02/index.shtml
11. Delaware Weekly Influenza Report, MMWR Week 20 (May 13-19, 2018), https://dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/epi/files/flu2018wk20.pdf 12. Delaware Weekly Influenza Report, MMWR Week 20 (May 1-20, 2017), https://dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/epi/files/flu2017wk20.pdf
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