Report Finds Major Gaps Exist in U.S. Pediatric Pandemic Preparations
U.S. Newswire, October, 2007
To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Kim Elliott of Trust for Americas Health, 1-202-223- 2901, kelliott@tfah.org; or Priscilla Ring of American Academy of Pediatrics, 1-202-724-3304, pring@aap.org
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Trust for Americas Health (TFAH) issued a new report today, Pandemic Influenza: Warning, Children At-Risk , which finds that children and teens between the ages of 0-19 account for nearly 46 percent of all H5N1 bird flu deaths. The report also identifies gaps in U.S. preparedness for treating and caring for children during a possible pandemic flu outbreak.
Four key areas of concern raised in the report include: child- appropriate doses of vaccine and medications; management and...
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