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Some 250 people came to get flu vaccine during the Community Health Improvement Partners (CHIP) Coalition’s 2008-2009 Flu Kick-Off Event on Friday, October 3, 2008. The flu vaccine clinic and press conference was held from 10 a.m. to Noon at the Malcom X Library on Market Street in San Diego. The clinic offered free flu vaccine for people aged 18 years and older. The press conference, which took place at 11:30 a.m., featured remarks from the following speakers:
- Teresa Newman, MSN FNP, Chair CHIP Immunize San Diego; Scripps Healthcare
- Wilma J. Wooten, MD, MPH, Public Health Officer, County of San Diego, Health and Human Services Agency
- Josef B. Zwass, MD, FAAP, Pediatrician, Kaiser Permanente
- Syvera Hardy, RN, Public Relations Chairperson for San Diego Black Nurses Association
- Mark H. Sawyer, MD, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, UC San Diego School of Medicine; Medical Director, UC San Diego, San Diego Immunization Partnership; Currently serving on the Centers for Disease Control’s Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices
The event was well-covered by the media, with representatives from CW, Univision, KGTV, KUSI, Radio Latina and the newspaper Enlace.
In addition to getting flu vaccine, attendees could sign up for the San Diego Regional Immunization Registry (SDIR), a computerized database of immunization records, to enable people and their doctors to keep track of their immunizations.
EVENT PHOTOS
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Setting up before the event |
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People waited patiently for their flu vaccine |
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Attendees moved through the process of getting their vaccine quickly and efficiently |
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The event workers were kept busy throughout the event |
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Dr. Josef P. Zwass, a pediatrician from Kaiser Permanente, at the news conference |
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Dr. Wilma Wooten, County Public Health Officer, at the news conference |
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Syvera Hardy, RN, Public Relations Chairperson for San Diego Black Nurses Association,
at the news conference |
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Dr. Mark Sawyer, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, UC San Diego School of Medicine,
at the news conference |
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Teresa Newman, MSN FNP, Chair CHIP Immunize San Diego, at the news conference |
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Flu vaccine is available at numerous locations around the county.
For more information, try these easy-to-use resources:
CHIP Flu Immunization Hotline:
1-877-FLU-0202
(1-877-358-0202)
Monday through Friday during business hours;
to speak to an information specialist about flu vaccine clinics
throughout the County.
For the same information on the Web,
please visit www.sdchip.org and click on the "No Flu" icon.
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