CMA again this year cosponsored the California Adult Immunization Summit. At the sixth annual meeting, held earlier this month in Oakland, CMA and other members of the California Adult Immunization Coalition (CAIC) discussed several public health issues, including strategic planning for public health emergencies, such as a bird flu pandemic.

Participants also discussed adult immunizations for a number of diseases including influenza, pneumonia whooping cough, chicken pox/shingles, human papilloma virus, and meningitis. Other topics covered at this year’s summit were vaccine distribution, immunization registries, immunizations for special populations (such as college students and nursing home residents), and new and developing vaccines.

Contact: Robin Flagg, 415/882-5110 or rflagg@cmanet.org.