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 >                   "IAC EXPRESS"
 >Immunization and hepatitis A and B news you can use!
 >Brought to you by the Immunization Action Coalition,
 >publishers of "NEEDLE TIPS" and "VACCINATE ADULTS!"
 
 >Issue Number 25               October 15, 1998
 >                                 
 >CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE     
 >
 >1. Show this varicella video and watch parents line up
 >   their children!
 >2. Doing school-based vaccinations?  It's easier with 
 >   the new "Roll Up Both Sleeves!"
 >
 >(1)
 >October 15, 1998
 >SHOW THIS VARICELLA VIDEO AND WATCH PARENTS LINE UP THEIR
 >CHILDREN!
 >
 >After parents watch "Varicella Vaccine: A Giant Step Towards
 >Disease Prevention" they'll line up to get their children
 >vaccinated against chickenpox, a disease that kills approximately
 >100 people a year, hospitalizes another 10,000, and causes
 >complications in 150,000 - 200,000 more.  Produced by Michigan
 >State University, this 16-minute video describes chickenpox, its
 >complications, how the chickenpox vaccine works, who is at risk,
 >and for whom it is recommended.  Real life experiences and
 >graphic footage of people with varicella disease is included.
 >Only $15 a copy (one free copy if you're from Michigan).  Fax your
 >request for an order form to Michigan State University Health
 >Promotion Program at 517/432-0155 or call 517/353-2596.
 >--------------------------------------------------------
 >
 >(2)
 >October 15, 1998
 >DOING SCHOOL-BASED VACCINATIONS?  IT'S EASIER WITH THE NEW "ROLL
 >UP BOTH SLEEVES!"
 >
 >Practically everything you need to get your school vaccination
 >program off the ground is in "Roll Up BOTH Sleeves," a new,
 >comprehensive immunization guide for nurses and program planners
 >who plan to vaccinate school children and school staff.  For only
 >$15 you get (1) a step-by-step manual for implementing school-
 >based vaccination programs packed with usable ideas and field
 >tested templates, (2) "The Case of the Missing Shots," a really
 >great 20-minute video, to show your students, and (3) "Roll Up
 >Your Sleeves," an "AMA award-winning" video to help convince
 >educators and health professionals to start vaccination programs
 >in the schools.  Call American School Health Association at
 >330/678-1601.
 >
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