The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that kids get combination vaccines (rather than single vaccines) whenever possible. Many vaccines are offered in combination to help lower the number of shots a child gets. This has been shown to be very safe. From the day a baby is born, their immune system is exposed to countless germs every day. A few more in a combination vaccine is very easy for the immune system to handle.
Latest Vaccine News
Stay up to date with the latest vaccine news.
- January 12, 2023
- December 17, 2022
- December 1, 2022
- July 11, 2022
- AAP updated, interactive Child Vaccinations Across America Map.
- April 8, 2022
- April 4, 2022
- March 18, 2022
- March 16, 2022
View COVID-19 Resources.
Other Vaccine Updates
Free Training Modules to Improve Immunization Rates
Immunize Kansas Coalition offers two short, on-demand modules to improve immunization rates among adolescents in Kansas.
KAAP invites you and your staff to take advantage of both of these important trainings. There is no cost and CME and CNE are available.
Shutting the Door on HPV Cancers
Estimated time to complete: 25-30 minutes
Audience: Healthcare Providers and Teams
Preventing Flu
Estimated time to complete: 15 minutes
Audience: Healthcare Providers and Teams
Campaign Resources and Toolkits
- KAAP Vaccine Outreach Toolkit
- KAAP HPV Vaccine Immunization Promotion
- KDHE Tender Age COVID-19 Vaccine Toolkit
- Communicating About Vaccination in the United States: A FrameWorks Strategic Brief (Report FrameWorks Institute
and AAP) - Immunizations Campaign Toolkit (AAP)
- UNITY -United for Adolescent Vaccination Don’t Wait. Vaccinate. campaign
- CDC Digital Media Toolkit: 2022-2023 Flu Season
- Immunize Kansas Coalition
- Podcast: YANSS 213 – How to improve your chances of nudging the vaccine hesitant away from hesitancy and toward vaccination
- Project VCTR
Vaccines for Children (VFC)
The Vaccines For Children (VFC) program helps ensure that all children have a better chance of getting their recommended vaccinations on schedule, which means healthier children, families, and communities. VFC is a federally funded program that provides vaccines at no cost to eligible children through VFC-enrolled health care providers.
Recommended Immunizations for Children from Birth Through 6 Years Old
Diseases and the Vaccines that Prevent Them
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