Melinda Wharton, M.D., M.P.H. ▪ Captain, United States Public Health Service (USPHS) ▪ Deputy Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

What:
During National Infant Immunization Week (April 23-30), Dr. Melinda Wharton will present “Surround our Babies with Vaccinated Families,” on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at the University of Arizona’s Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.  Her talk will cover the following areas: 

• Identify diseases from which we protect young children by vaccinating adults and others around them (“cocooning”)
• Describe the rationale for the cocooning strategy 
• Describe the recent epidemiology of pertussis.

 The lecture is free and open to the public.

Where:
University of Arizona Zuckerman College of Public Health, Drachman Hall, Room A114, 1295 N. Martin Ave., Tucson, AZ  85724

When:
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 | 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Why:

National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) is an annual observance to highlight the importance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable diseases.  This year NIIW is observed April 23-30, 2011.  For additional information, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the United States – México Border Health Commission.