Preteen Vaccine Week, February 13-19, 2011
Preteen Vaccine Week is a California observance created to raise awareness of the important of immunization for "tweens" ages 11 and 12.
The goal of 2011's Preteen Vaccine Week campaign is raise awareness about California's new Tdap requirment for incomeing 7th-12th grade students. ACIP currently recommends that 11 and 12 year-old receive the following vaccines: Tdap, meningococcal, HPV, and the second chickenpox vaccine. All preteens are also recommended to receive an annual flu vaccine.
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