Immunizations

Child Washing his hands

Immunization has been called the most important public health intervention in history, after safe drinking water. It has saved millions of lives over the years and prevented hundreds of millions of cases of disease. None of us wants to see our children get sick. And getting them immunized can protect them from a number of very serious diseases. But did you know that getting your children immunized...


  • Can also protect their friends, schoolmates, and others from those same diseases? Some children can’t get certain vaccines for medical reasons, or some children are not able to respond to certain vaccines. For these children, the immunity of people around them is their only protection.
  • Can help protect your grandchildren, their grandchildren, and future generations from diseases? If enough parents fail to get their children immunized, diseases that had been under control can come back to cause epidemics. This has happened in several countries.
  • Could, ultimately, even help rid the world of diseases that have been crippling and killing children for centuries? Today polio is nearly gone, and in the future measles and other diseases will follow.

    • What do I need to bring?

    For Vaccines, bring your Vaccine card showing past vaccines or "shot record"

    For Travel, bring your travel itinerary and current medications

    For Tuberculosis (TB) services, bring all TB records from your other doctors