Resources
AVAC has developed a variety of resources for policymakers, health care providers, and our immunization partners. Explore all of the resources below or use our filters to narrow your search by type of resource and by type of policy.
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March 19, 2021AVAC Expresses Strong Support for the Helping Adults Protect Immunity Act
Dear Senator Brown, We write to express our strong support for the Helping Adults Protect Immunity (HAPI) Act. We appreciate your bi-cameral leadership to strengthen access to immunizations under Medicaid. Medicaid, along with the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), is a federal-state insurance partnership that provides coverage to over 70 million low-income children and adults. […]
Letters to Congress Eliminating Disparities
March 19, 2021AVAC Urges the Biden Administration to use its Presidential Budget to Tackle Vaccination Barriers
Dear President Biden As our nation undergoes a vaccination program that will be the greatest public health efforts of our generation, members of the Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC) and stakeholder partners ask that as you consider updating longstanding structural flaws in our vaccine policies as part of the Build Back Better Recovery plan. Inequities […]
Letters to Administration Appropriations/Funding for Immunization
March 19, 2021AVAC Releases Statement of Support for the Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act
Statement in Support of the Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act of 2021 The following is a statement regarding the introduction of the Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act of 2021 [link] from Patricia D’Antonio, co-chair of Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC) and the vice president of professional affairs for The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and […]
Press Releases Appropriations/Funding for Immunization
March 19, 2021AVAC Supports the Introduction of the Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act to Congress
Dear Representatives Kuster and Bucshon, As members of the Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC), we commend you for introducing the Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act of 2021. AVAC consists of more than sixty organizational leaders in health and public health who are committed to raising awareness of the importance of adult immunization with the ultimate […]
Letters to Congress Appropriations/Funding for Immunization
March 16, 2021AVAC Urges House to Support Full Funding of Immunization-Related Activities at the Department of Health and Human Services.
March 10, 2021 Dear Chairwoman DeLauro and Ranking Member Cole, As members of the Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC), we write to ask for full funding of immunization-related activities at the Department of Health and Human Services as part of the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS), and Education Appropriations bill. […]
Letters to Congress Appropriations/Funding for Immunization
March 9, 2021AVAC Joins the UFW Foundation for a Vaccine Town Hall
On March 4th, the UFW Foundation held a virtual vaccine town hall that featured speakers from the FDA, USDA, and CDC to give transparency to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and answer questions from farm workers. The event was conducted in both English and Spanish to reach a broad audience and aid attendees best understand the […]
Press Releases COVID-19 Response
March 8, 2021AVAC Supports Congresswoman Castor’s Leadership on the PREVENT HPV Cancers Act
March 5, 2021 The Honorable Kathy Castor United States House of Representatives 2052 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Congresswoman Castor, We write to thank you for introducing the Promoting Resources to Expand Vaccination, Education and New Treatments for HPV Cancers Act (PREVENT HPV Cancers Act). We appreciate your leadership on […]
Letters to Congress Benefits of Immunization
March 1, 2021CDC Releases Data Showing Safety of COVID Vaccines
First Month of COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Monitoring Summary What is already known about this topic? Two COVID-19 vaccines have received Emergency Use Authorization for administration in the United States. In preauthorization clinical trials, local and systemic reactions were reported; no serious safety problems were detected. What is added by this report? Monitoring, conducted as […]
Reports Benefits of Immunization
March 1, 2021CDC Releases Report Showing Decline in Vaccines in Medicare
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Summary What is already known about this topic? Routine health care services have been disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic. What is added by this report? During the first week after the national COVID-19 emergency declaration in March 2020, weekly vaccination rates among Medicare beneficiaries aged ≥65 years declined by […]
Reports Benefits of Immunization
February 11, 2021CDC Releases Adult Immunization Schedule
The coronavirus pandemic has contributed to large declines in rates of routine immunizations across the lifespan. Although the rates among children have started to increase, routine immunization rates among adults are still low. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released an updated version of their recommended adult immunization schedule. The recommendations are broken down based […]
Reports Benefits of Immunization