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Date:2/27/2008

e Coalition welcomes ACIP's recommendation as we continue to educate the health care community and the general public about the severity of influenza," said Carol J. Baker, M.D., FAAP, FIDSA, CIIC Moderator, NFID President and Professor of Pediatrics, Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine. "Influenza is very serious, but it is vaccine- preventable. Annual vaccination of children of all ages is the best way to protect children and interrupt virus transmission to others."

A Coalition report available on http://www.PreventChildhoodInfluenza.org outlines key strategies for health care professionals to help ensure all recommended children are vaccinated: offering influenza vaccination at all medical visits and making use of the entire influenza season -- vaccinating as soon as vaccine is available and continuing to vaccinate in January, February and beyond.

About the Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition

The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases' (NFID) Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition (CIIC) was established to protect infants, children and adolescents from influenza by communicating with "one strong voice" the need to make influenza immunization a national health priority. CIIC members represent 25 of the nation's leading public health, medical, patient and parent groups committed to protecting children's health and encouraging wellness.

The Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition initiatives are made possible through an unrestricted educational grant to NFID from sanofi pasteur.

For more information on CIIC or childhood influenza, please visit http://www.preventchildhoodinfluenza.org.

Contact: Jennifer Corrigan

732-382-8898

732-742-7148 (Cell phone)

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SOURCE The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases Copyright©2008 PR Newswire. All rights reserved

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