title: Michigan Children's Immunization Registry: An important tool in reaching & maintaining 100% rates among two-year-olds.
abstract: The support of the Michigan State Medical Society is appreciated as we implement the Michigan Children's Immunization Registry. I look forward to collaborating on the registry and other initiatives to quickly raise Michigan's immunization rate for two-year-olds from 64%, the lowest in the nation, to 100%. This is a responsibility that we all bear, in both the public and private sectors. To say that our national status is a professional embarrassment is to understate the seriousness of this circumstance. We must fulfill our obligation to fully immunize all children by age two.
authors.affiliation: Michigan Department of Community Health, USA.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Haveman
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs; D008824:Michigan; D012042:Registries; D012955:Societies, Medical