[CEMA Signal] CEMA SIGNAL: Chatham County Health Department Offers H1N1 Vaccine to All Five Target Groups

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NEWS RELEASE
 
Chatham Emergency Management Agency
 
For Immediate Release
November 18, 2009, 3:00 PM
 
CONTACT:
K. Courtney Cunningham
912.201.4508  (O)
912.657.8671  (C)
kccunnin at chathamcounty.org
 
 
Chatham County Health Department Offers H1N1 Vaccine to All Five Target Groups
Savannah, GA – November 18, 2009, 3:00 PM

 
WHO:  The Chatham County Health Department 
 
WHAT:  The Chatham County Health Department is now offering the 2009 H1N1 vaccine to all five target groups outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those groups are:
 
 Pregnant women because they are at higher risk of complications and can potentially provide protection to infants who cannot be vaccinated;
 
 Household contacts and caregivers for children younger than 6 months of age because younger infants are at higher risk of influenza-related complications and cannot be vaccinated. Vaccination of those in close contact with infants younger than 6 months old might help protect infants by “cocooning” them from the virus;
 
 Healthcare and emergency medical services personnel because infections among healthcare workers have been reported and this can be a potential source of infection for vulnerable patients. Also, increased absenteeism in this population could reduce healthcare system capacity;
 
 All people from 6 months through 24 years of age 
 
Children from 6 months through 18 years of age because cases of 2009 H1N1 influenza have been seen in children who are in close contact with each other in school and day care settings, which increases the likelihood of disease spread, and
 
Young adults 19 through 24 years of age because many cases of 2009 H1N1 influenza have been seen in these healthy young adults and they often live, work, and study in close proximity, and they are a frequently mobile population; and, 
 
 
 Persons aged 25 through 64 years who have health conditions associated with higher risk of medical complications from influenza.
 
WHEN: The vaccine is given on a first come, first served basis from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
 
WHERE:  The Chatham County Health Department has two locations: 
                   1395 Eisenhower Drive and 1602 Drayton Street

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K. Courtney Cunningham
Emergency Management Specialist
External Affairs / Volunteer Coordination

Chatham Emergency Management Agency
124 Bull Street, Suite 140
Savannah, GA 31401

kccunnin at chathamcounty.org
912.201.4508
912.657.8671
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