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The mission of the Bucks County Immunization Coalition is
to improve immunization rates of community members across the
lifespan through increased education, outreach, and accessibility.


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The Bucks County Immunization Coalition works to increase immunization rates and prevent disease by creating and distributing educational materials for health professionals and the public that enhance the delivery of safe and effective immunization services. The Coalition also facilitates communication about the safety, efficacy, and use of vaccines within the broad immunization community of patients, parents, health care organizations, and government health agencies. Immunizations are one of the most effective ways to stay healthy. Safe and effective vaccines play a vital role in saving lives, preventing deaths and decreasing the spread of disease in our communities.

Disease prevention is the key to public health. It is always better to prevent a disease than to treat it. Vaccines prevent disease in the people who receive them and protect those who come into contact with unvaccinated individuals. Vaccines help prevent infectious diseases and save lives. Vaccines are responsible for the control of many infectious diseases that were once common in this country, including polio, measles, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), rubella (German measles), mumps, tetanus, and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib).

Every day, 11,000 babies are born in the United States who will need to be immunized against 13 diseases before age two. Despite recent gains in infant immunization coverage, more than 20 percent of the nation's two-year-olds do not get fully immunized against infectious diseases to which they are especially vulnerable.

Although most adults realize that immunizations play an important role in keeping infants and children healthy, many are unaware that readily available vaccines offer a safe and cost-effective way to prevent serious illnesses and death among adults.

Vaccinations aren't just for kids. As you get older, or get sick, or start a new job, or travel the world, you may need vaccines that you never needed before.

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