Vaccine Initiative Education
For Healthcare Professionals
The enclosed tables are designed to guide providers on recommended “catch-up” vaccinations for children.
For Parents and Patients
Protect your child from pertussis
Protect your child from hepatitis B virus
Protect your child from measles
Protect your newborn from RSV
Vaccine-Preventable Disease: The Forgotten Story
One of the most heartbreaking things a physician can witness is a patient suffering or dying from a vaccine-preventable disease. A college student losing most of her limbs from meningitis; a woman losing the ability to have a child due to HPV; a child losing his life to influenza. To help remind us what is at risk when vaccines are withheld, we asked those who know the effects of vaccine-preventable disease first-hand to share their experiences. Click below to hear their stories or to share it with someone who deserves to know.
Vaccine-Preventable Disease: The Forgotten Story Books
Vaccines to prevent infectious diseases are among medicine’s most significant advances, wiping out or drastically reducing many dangerous illnesses from the face of the earth. But with progress comes complacency. Collectively, many have lost the memory of smallpox, meningitis, polio and other diseases, with some individuals considering themselves, their children and grandchildren safe, with or without vaccines. Misinformation about vaccine risks have compounded the problem, resulting in lagging vaccination rates in some communities and outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, a disease that was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000.
Immunization Project
The Immunization Project is dedicated to developing, implementing and evaluating strategies to help keep Houston area children free of vaccine preventable diseases.