Immunization Task Force – Metro Omaha (ITF)

Description

The Immunization Task Force Metro Omaha is a coalition of volunteer health care providers, insurance providers, community groups, and other agencies throughout Metro Omaha which includes the counties of Douglas, Sarpy, Cass, Dodge and Washington in Nebraska, and Pottawattamie in Iowa. More history at: http://immunizenebraska.org/index.php/about-itf/

Mission

The Immunization Task Force aims to:

* Promote current national immunization recommendations and raise immunization rates in the community in order to meet national goals.
* Facilitate partnerships among community groups, health care providers and other agencies throughout the Metro Omaha area.
* Encourage and support local and statewide development of immunization information systems
* Increase public education on immunization and advocate policy and legislative issues relating to immunizations in the Metro Omaha area
* Promote accurate assessment of the immunization status of the Metro Omaha area.

Goals

1. Immunizer continuing education
2. Public education on optimal immunization
3. Legislative and advocacy efforts to promote optimal immunization, and prevent adverse legislative restrictions on optimal immunization
4. Tdap – optimal immunization across targeted groups.