Join the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) for a discussion highlighting the importance of vaccination to help protect against severe illness during the ongoing measles outbreak. Speakers will discuss current vaccine recommendations for measles and provide effective strategies to help increase vaccine uptake in the US.
NFID Medical Director Robert (Bob) H. Hopkins, Jr., MD, will moderate the discussion with NFID Director Matthew M. Zahn, MD, Pediatric Infectious Disease Physician at Rady Children’s Health and Anna-Kathryn Burch, MD, Director of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Prisma Health Children’s Hospital – Midlands and Associate Professor of Pediatric Clinical Medicine at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine.
Al finalizar la actividad, los participantes serán capaces de:
- Discuss current evidence-based recommendations for measles
- Describe the burden of measles in the US
- Implement communication strategies to help increase measles vaccination rates in the US
La participación en esta actividad es gratuita, pero se requiere inscripción previa:
La National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) está acreditada por el Consejo de Acreditación para la Educación Médica Continua (ACCME) para proporcionar educación médica continua a los médicos.
La NFID designa esta actividad en vivo por un máximo de 1.25 créditos de categoría 1 de AMA PRA™. Los médicos deben reclamar solo los créditos proporcionales al grado de su participación en la actividad.