HUM-MOLGEN events: Racial Disparity and Hib Disease Internet Discussion - Focus on Disease Circulation and Under-Vaccination in At-Risk Populations

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Racial Disparity and Hib Disease Internet Discussion - Focus on Disease Circulation and Under-Vaccination in At-Risk Populations

August 01, 2001

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National Medical Association, www.nmanet.org
August 5, 2001 - August 26, 2001

Hib disease, also known as Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), is of importance to the NMA primarily because it still remains a serious health threat among infants and young children in certain pockets of the population, including African Americans where it has been shown to be 4 times higher than in Caucasians. Moreover, it has also been shown to be higher in Hispanics.

As part of a national Hib awareness campaign, the Pediatric Section of the National Medical Association (NMA), the leading organization for African American physicians, will conduct an online discussion open to all physicians and healthcare providers entitled, "Racial Disparity and Hib Disease Internet Discussion - Focus on Disease Circulation and Under-Vaccination in At-Risk Populations." This discussion will focus on disease circulation and under-vaccination in at-risk populations, with the take-home message that vaccination needs to be a very high priority, especially in these at-risk populations.

Physicians and healthcare providers can participate in the online discussion via NMA's website, www.nmanet.org (to access discussion, click corresponding scrolling text above NMA logo), free of charge from August 5 though August 26, 2001.

The NMA's online discussion is designed to 1) enhance greater understanding of the risk factors, such as carriage and socio-economic conditions, that continue to make Hib disease a threat to high-risk populations; 2) foster special outreach efforts to vaccinate children at risk, particularly among African American, Hispanic, Alaskan and Native American populations; and 3) encourage vigilance among physicians, health care providers and clinical laboratories to recognize cases of invasive Hib disease when they do occur in high-risk populations.

Organized by:

National Medical Association

Invited Speakers:

The forum will be lead by moderator Rudolph Jackson, MD, Morehouse School of Medicine. He will be joined in the discussion by doctors Ifeoma Anidi, MD, King Drew Medical Center, and Patricia Whitley-Williams, MD, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Deadline for Abstracts:

N/A

Registration:

To join the discussion, log on to www.nmanet.org beginning August 5, 2001.

E-mail:

aperry@cwg.com

Posted by:

Adia Perry

Host:

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