The use of vaccines has led to major improvements in child health over a relatively short period. Many of the infectious illnesses you or your parents had as children, from chickenpox to polio to measles, no longer affect most children today. If you follow the immunization guidelines recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), you can help make your child healthier than was ever possible in earlier generations.

Keeping Students Safe & Healthy: A Review of Current Immunization and School Guidance
Presented by: Jenish Sudhakaran, MPH – New Jersey Department of Health: Vaccine Preventable Disease Program Sarah