World Immunization Week is April 20-24
"Immunize for a Healthy Future: Know, Check, Protect" is the message of this year’s World Immunization Week, being celebrated April 24-30, 2014. The World Health Organization (WHO) encourages you to ask your local health clinic which vaccines you need, check whether your vaccinations are up-to-date, and to get the vaccines you need, when you need them.
To access free immunization-related posters from the WHO, such as the one pictured above, CLICK HERE.
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