MEDIA
ADVISORY
What:
Media Event for National Infant Immunization Week
Who: Dr. Rahul
Gupta, Bureau for Public Health Commissioner and State Health Officer
Dr. Sherri Young, State Immunization Officer
Angel Cunningham, Director of My
Family Preschool and Child Care Center
When: Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Time:
10:00 a.m.
Place:
My Family Preschool and Child Care Center
1101 Hospital Drive
Hurricane, West Virginia
Although
West Virginia has one of the highest rates of immunization for school-age
children, the state has the lowest rate of infant immunization in the United
States. That’s why the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
(DHHR) is kicking off National Infant Immunization Week with a special
vaccination awareness event at My Family Preschool and Child Care Center in
Hurricane.
Dr.
Rahul Gupta, Bureau for Public Health Commissioner and State Health Officer,
will discuss the importance of infant immunizations in West Virginia.
Joining
Dr. Gupta will be Dr. Sherri Young, State Immunization Officer for the West
Virginia Division of immunization Services, and Angel Cunningham, Director of
My Family Preschool and Child Care Center.
Ms. Cunningham will speak about the importance of immunization in
maintaining a healthy preschool and child care center.