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Statehouse Event Scheduled Vaccines in the State Budget Legislation Would Address Vaccine Payments More Pending Legislation to Affect Immunization Looking Ahead . . . Immunizations for Daycare and Preschool
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Action for Children Adult Immunization Coalition of Central Ohio CareSource Children's Defense Fund - Ohio Cincinnati Cervical Cancer Prevention Coalition City of Cincinnati Health Department Cuyahoga County Board of Health Greater Cincinnati Immunization Coalition Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio Immunizeohio.org Consortium for Healthy and Immunized Communities (CHIC) National Association of Social Workers - Ohio Chapter Ohio Association for the Education of Young Children Ohio Academy of Family Physicians Ohio Association of Community Health Centers Ohio Association of School Nurses Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Ohio Children's Hospital Association Ohio Family Care Association Ohio Hispanic Coalition Ohio Hospital Association Ohio Osteopathic Association Ohio Pharmacists Association Ohio Public Health Association Ohio School Based Health Care Association Ohio State Medical Association Project L.O.V.E. Toledo / Lucas County CareNet Voices for Ohio's Children
ODH proposes shifting $1 million of its funding for PCV-13 in the next biennium to buy HPV vaccines instead. The HPV There is one significant change, however, vaccine is recommended for adolescents as described in budget testimony preand young adults to help prevent not only sented by ODH. The department will shift HPV, but also possible cervical cancer in $1 million currently used to buy pneumo- females and anal cancer in males. The coccal conjugate vaccine to purchase funding shift is simply a matter of invenHPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine intory: ODH doesn't need to buy as much stead. PCV-13 vaccine for the upcoming bienThis year, ODH has $2.5 million to buy nium and can use the extra funding to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PVCboost its HPV vaccine inventory.
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