Mission
Our mission is to join forces with The Massachusetts Department of
Public Health and other organizations in the effort to meet the
challenge of Healthy
People 2010 objective to fully immunize children and adolescents
in Massachusetts against vaccine preventable diseases. To do this we
provide educational services to professionals and the general public,
and participate in initiatives to identify, educate and immunize
children and adolescents who are at high risk, under-served or
underimmunized.
Ongoing Activities
We educate clinicians who
administer vaccines to children on pediatric immunization.
- Organize seminars on pediatric Immunization. Our speakers are clinicians and
teachers of pediatric infectious disease and are also members of the Immunization
Initiative Advisory Committee. Since the start of the program in 1995 we have
organized hundreds of Grand Rounds Seminars on Pediatric Immunization
in hospitals around the state.
- Publish the ShotClock, a newsletter
for the provider's community with timely clinical information about vaccines
and immunization activities in Massachusetts.
- Develop and implement methods for keeping track of all children
and assist in improving of office practice strategies and tools for vaccinating children.
- Support and assist in the development of the statewide immunization registry.
- Cooperate with other private
and public statewide and local organizations, which share the
mission of reducing the burden of disease by immunizing children and
adults against vaccine preventable diseases.
The Advisory Committee
The Advisory Committee meets
quarterly and provides guidance to the Immunization Initiative
programs. It also serves as an advisory board to the Massachusetts
Immunization Program (MIP) on issues of policies, regulations and
recommendations. Its membership includes physicians and nurses, DPH
Immunization Program officials, and representatives from various
organizations interested in improving immunization practices and rates
in communities across Massachusetts.
Subcommittees of the Immunization
Initiative are work groups, which meet when the Advisory Committee
identifies a need for action. The current subcommittees are: Vaccine
Purchasing Strategies, Immunization Registry, and Vaccine Safety.
To be invited to the advisory meetings and to join the Immunization
Initiative, call Hadassa Kubat at (781) 895-9850 or email:
hkubat@mms.org
Managing team and Staff
Co-directors:
Sean Palfrey MD, FAAP
spalfrey@mcaap.org
Rick (Richard) Moriarty, MD
moriartr@ummhc.org
Program Manager:
Hadassa Kubat DSc, MPH
hkubat@mms.org
Administrative Assistant:
Cindy Garni, MEd cgarni@mms.org
The MCAAP Immunization Initiative is funded by the Massachusetts Immunization Program (MIP) at the
Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) and supported by the
Massachusetts Medical Society.
