VIDEO WEBCAST
Originally broadcast live on September 14, 2005


NATION'S TOP HEALTH EXPERTS URGE INFLUENZA AND PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATION AS SEASON APPROACHES


At-risk, Older Americans, Children 6-23 Months,
and Health Care Workers Targeted For Vaccination

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Introduction/Welcome
William Schaffner, MD, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases & Professor and Chairman,
Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

New Vaccine Administration Fees to Encourage Providers to Immunize; Proposed Rule

for Vaccination of Nursing Home Residents

Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Low Immunization Rates Among At-risk Groups Lead to Increased Hospitalizations

and Death

Jeanne Santoli, MD, MPH, Associate Director of Science, Immunization Services Division,
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Low Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates Among At-risk, Those 65 Years of Age and Older Fall Short of Healthy People 2010 Goals

Cynthia G. Whitney, MD, MPH, Acting Chief, Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Suboptimal Vaccination Rates Among Children with Certain Underlying Medical Conditions (e.g., Asthma) and Healthy Children 6-23 Months of Age

Henry H. Bernstein, DO, Committee on Infectious Diseases, American Academy of Pediatrics

Improving Immunization Rates Among Health Care Professionals Important Priority

Ardis D. Hoven, MD, Board of Trustees, American Medical Association