A force for justice in health care for the mobile poor

These recommendations represent the first statement by the
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on the use
of a quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine licensed by
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on June 8, 2006. This
report summarizes the epidemiology of HPV and associated
diseases, describes the licensed HPV vaccine, and provides
recommendations for its use for vaccination among females aged
9-26 years in the United States. March 2007.

As the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal was removed from vaccines, and as fewer children received the mumps-measles-rubella vaccine, the rates of autism and related disorders rose among Canadian school children.

In July of 2005, MCN conducted a focus group with migrant women in a new receiving community on the Eastern Shore of Maryland to help understand their experiences regarding immunization.

The focus group was held at the one of the participant’s home, an established immigrant household. The town house apartment located in a growing immigrant neighborhood offered a comfortable, safe and trusting environment for the group’s participants.