Help Your Community Fight the Flu
The Office on Women’s Health (OWH) sent this bulletin at 11/22/2013 04:34 PM EST
Help Your Community Fight the Flu
Flu season is upon us. To help everyone stay healthy, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recommending a three-step approach to fighting the flu. We encourage you to share these messages with your community.
- Get your flu shot! Everyone 6 months of age and older should get a 2013-2014 flu shot. Flu season usually peaks in January or February, so it’s not too late to get the vaccine in December, January, or beyond. If you are a health care worker, vaccination is especially important to help you keep from spreading the flu to patients at high risk for serious flu-related complications.
- Take everyday preventive actions. Stop the spread of germs that can cause the flu by washing your hands often and covering your nose and mouth when you cough or sneeze.
- Take flu antiviral drugs if your doctor prescribes them.
- Visit the CDC website to learn more about the flu and the resources available to you.
You can also help your community fight the flu by hosting a free immunization clinic for those who are uninsured, thanks to the Walgreens/HHS co-sponsorship agreement. A Walgreens pharmacist will administer the free flu shots on site.
If you are interested in hosting a clinic, reach out to either your HHS regional contact or the Walgreens contact directly to schedule a community immunization event. If a Walgreens contact is not listed for your city or state, contact Tracy Branch at tracy.branch@hhs.gov and let her know you are a Title X provider who is interested in hosting an immunization clinic under the Walgreens/HHS agreement.
We encourage you to take advantage of this agreement in order to provide influenza immunization to eligible patients.
| HHS Regional Health Administrators and Regional Minority Health Consultants | Walgreens Market Pharmacy Director | |||
| HHS Region 2 | Regional Health Administrator | Regional Minority Health Consultant | Walgreens Market | Market Pharmacy Director |
| Region 2 (New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) | Duane Reade | Tony Riso212-356-5217 | ||
| Michigan/Western NY | Chad Downing248-356-9732 | |||
| New Jersey/Pennsylvania | Domenic Diprimo973-376-7724 | |||
| New York/Connecticut | Leslie Higgins860-657-8014 | |||
| Puerto Rico | Eileen Ortega787-705-6555 | |||
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