Mission & Vision
Through collaboration with public and private providers, advocacy groups, and other stakeholders, work to increase immunization rates for all Georgians and decrease the incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases.
Vaccine-preventable disease levels are at or near record lows. Even though most infants and toddlers have received all recommended vaccines by age 2, many under-immunized children remain, leaving the potential for outbreaks of disease. Many adolescents and adults are under-immunized as well, missing opportunities to protect themselves against diseases such as Hepatitis B, influenza, and pneumococcal disease.
Back to School Immunizations
For more information regarding immunization, visit the links and resources provided.
Immunization News and Highlights
23rd Annual Immunize Georgia Conference-Register Now!
Georgia HPV Report- July 2015
HPV NIS Results- 2014
HPV Vaccine- CDC releases updated recommendations for HPV vaccination.
What You Need to Know About Measles
Immunize Georgia Newsletter
New 7th Grade Immunization Requirements
Georgia's immunization requirements for children attending seventh grade have been revised to align with the current Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).
Effective July 1, 2014, all children born on or after January 1, 2002 who are attending seventh grade, and children who are new entrants into a Georgia school in grades eight through twelve, must have received one dose of Tdap vaccine and one dose of meningococcal conjugate vaccine.
YOU ARE THE KEY TO CANCER PREVENTION
Georgia Immunization Program
2 Peachtree Street, NW Suite 13.276
Atlanta, GA 30303-3142
Phone: (404) 657-3158 or 3159
Fax: (404) 657-1463
email: DPH-Immunization@dph.ga.gov
Updated 08/10/16