Updated: August 1, 2024
August is National Immunization Awareness Month, an annual observance that highlights the importance of vaccination in protecting public health. Healthcare professionals, parents, and patients can use these resources throughout the year to learn about staying up to date on all recommended vaccines for people of all ages to prevent serious, and sometimes deadly, diseases across the life span.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
National Immunization Awareness Month
Immunization Schedules
Prevent Flu
Who Should Get HPV Vaccine?
Who Should Get MMR Vaccine?
What Everyone should Know about the Shingles Vaccine (Shingrix)
Pneumococcal Vaccine Recommendations
Hepatitis A Vaccine
Hepatitis B Vaccine
Meningococcal Vaccination
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases®
Healthier Lives for All through Effective Prevention and Treatment
How to support vaccination? Count the Ways…
Disease Prevention Through Vaccination – Weill Cornell Medicine
Vaccines and immunization – World Health Organization (WHO)
National Immunization Awareness Month – Network of Quality Improvement and Innovation Contractors (NQIIC) | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services iQuality Improvement & Innovation Group
Vaccine Awareness Resources – National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs (NANASP)
Back to school: National Immunization Awareness Month – American Foreign Service Protective Association
Immunize.org
How To Boost Your Immune System – Harvard Health Publishing | Harvard Medical School
Immunizations – New York City Department of Education
To Mark National Immunization Awareness Month, Governor Hochul Encourages New Yorkers to Stay Up to Date on Vaccines as School Returns and Fall Nears – governor.ny.gov
CWNY’s list of resources on COVID-19 – Center for the Women of New York (CWNY)