Vaccination Week in the Americas 2009

Health care workers were a priority for this year’s Vaccination Week in the Americas. As a fundamental part of health systems, health care workers need healthy and safe working conditions and environments to help ensure that patients receive appropriate and timely care. The occupational transmission of infectious diseases among health care workers, such as hepatitis B and influenza, account for significant illness among health care workers and are preventable by vaccination.

For this first year of the Region-wide campaign targeting health care workers, up to 16 countries aimed to vaccinate health care and other workers against diseases such as hepatitis B, measles, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, and influenza.

Results of the 2009 Inmunization Week:

Vaccination Week coincided with World Day for Safety and Health at Work, an annual and global campaign to promote healthy and safe work for all. This year’s theme was “Protecting the health and safety of health care workers”.

Inmunization for PAHO workers

"Traveler's health and immunization for PAHO workers"

Collaborators

PAHO campaign: Vaccination Week in the Americas