August is National Immunization Awareness Month. This national health observance, sponsored by National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, provides an opportunity to highlight the value of immunization across the lifespan.
Healthy People 2020, a federal policy initiative that establishes national public health objectives with 10-year targets and monitors progress over time in meeting those targets, includes several objectives under the topic of Immunization and Infectious Disease aimed at increasing vaccine coverage and reducing vaccine preventable diseases.…