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Community Health Administration
Immunization Program Services
- Identifies and investigates cases and controls outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases (VPD), measures VPD morbidity and mortality, and evaluates the impact of new vaccines and immunization policies.
- Identifies hepatitis B surface antigen (HbsAg) pregnant women and prevent perinatal hepatitis B transmission.
- Monitors the safety of immunizations and ensures that all providers of immunizations report adverse events according to state and/or local public health policies.
- Maintains an immunization registry that serves as a storehouse for immunization records for children and adults in the District of Columbia. This enables us to keep children updated for immunization, provide follow-up when needed, conduct outbreak control, provide records for daycare and school entry and prevent unnecessary immunizations because of lost records.
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