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ACPM recommends research priorities for child and adolescent immunizations.

Vaccine Weekly

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2003 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) has recommended research priorities that aim to encourage the development of new vaccines and increase immunization rates.

Developing new combinations of vaccines and needleless vaccine delivery systems are among the key recommendations. If implemented on a population-wide basis, such improvements would increase immunization rates by reducing the inefficiency of multiple injections and by minimizing the emotional and physical trauma in children.

According to Dr. Yemisi Adetunji, the lead author of ACPM's recommendations, "Despite the incontrovertible evidence that vaccines are an efficient and cost-effective means of reducing morbidity and mortality, immunization delivery remains suboptimal among young children.

Immunization rates in areas of poverty and many metropolitan areas with large populations of low-income residents remain below ...

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