Vaccine Resources: AAP Immunization, Immunization Comic, WHO Noteworthy Items
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Vaccine Update for Healthcare ProvidersThe American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently released an immunization-related social media toolkit to support providers who are either using social media or considering it as a way to communicate with their patient families and communities.
The toolkit includes guidance, shareable tweets and posts, memes and videos.
Find out more or review the resources on the AAP’s dedicated web page.
Dr. Kumanan Wilson, a Physician and Epidemiologist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and his team recently launched a novel comic to help young children learn about immunity, diseases and vaccinations. The digital comic book, called Immunity Warriors: Invasion of the Alien Zombies, is available online and through the CANImmunize mobile app, an app for Canadians to maintain immunization records.
Watch a short trailer for the comic.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently published the following in the Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER):
Categories: Vaccine Update February 2017, Vaccine Update Resources
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