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Video: Novartis Vaccines and PTA Battle Flu: Public Health Vaccination Initiative Urges Families 'Let's Fight Flu Together!'
Date:11/10/2008

- Partnership aims to provide convenient access to vaccination - helping keep kids and teachers in school and parents at work

- "Let's Fight Flu Together!" initiative supports CDC's new vaccination recommendations which include children six months to 18 years old(1)

- Campaign goal is to increase vaccination rates while supporting PTA with a donation for those vaccinated

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Novartis Vaccines announced today a national public health initiative for influenza vaccination for school-aged children, their families and teachers. In an effort to support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) broader influenza vaccination recommendations, Novartis Vaccines has partnered with PTA (Parent Teacher Association) and Flu Busters, an on-site vaccinations provider, for a nationwide influenza vaccination campaign called "Let's Fight Flu Together!"

To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/novartis/35126/

During the 2008/2009 influenza season, "Let's Fight Flu Together!" vaccination clinics will be held for students and their families, teachers and community members at participating PTA schools and community sites across the United States. Children play a critical role in community-wide transmission of influenza, a recent study reported; and new recommendations from the CDC have increased the number of individuals advised to receive an annual influenza vaccination to include children from six months to 18 years of age.(1,2) Whereas previous recommendations included children from six months through 59 months of age, this new recommendation aims to help protect approximately 30 million additional children.(1,3)

"We are fully committed to supporting public health efforts to reduce the incidence of seasonal influenza and to protecting more people against this potentially deadly dise
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