Project L.O.V.E. --- Columbus, Ohio

Project L.O.V.E. suggests to get your child's flu shot from your medical provider. However, if your child's doctor doesn't have the flu vaccine available, click on the link below to find a child flu clinic in Central Ohio.
Find a infant/child flu clinic

Video: "Why Flu Vaccination Matters: Personal Stories from Families Affected by Flu" (6 1/2 min) can be seen on U-Tube at http://www.youtube.com/user/cdcflu. This video, created by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in collaboration with Families Fighting Flu (FFF), features the personal stories of parents who have tragically lost or nearly lost a child to the flu. Families Fighting Flu is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization, comprised of families and healthcare practitioners. Each family has experienced first-hand the death of a child due to the flu or has had a child experience severe medical complications from the flu. FFF is dedicated to educating people about the severity of influenza and the importance of vaccinating children against the flu every year.

Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Children Aged 6-23 Months Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (09/26/08) According to data from the 2007 National Immunization Survey, 31.8 percent of U.S. children aged six to 23 months received one or more doses of flu vaccine and just 21.3 percent were fully vaccinated against the disease. In 2004, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended annual flu vaccines for children in this age range. The data varied significantly among states, with Mississippi recording the lowest rate of full flu vaccination at 8.6 percent. Rhode Island had the highest rate of full flu vaccination for this age group, at 47.6 percent. "The continuing low influenza vaccination coverage described in this report underscores the need to identify innovative strategies for increasing influenza vaccination coverage among young children," the researchers noted. Starting this year, ACIP has recommended that all children five to 18 years of age get vaccinated against the flu, in addition to children six to 59 months of age, for whom the vaccine was already recommended.
( Web Link) Excerpt by the National Network for Immunization Information (NNii). http://www.infoinc.com/imnews2/imnews.html

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