In written testimony to a pair of congressional hearings this month, the Academy called for robust funding for education and outreach campaigns encouraging routine immunizations and building vaccine confidence.
“Vaccination strategies should leverage trusted primary care physicians to improve access to immunizations in patients’ own communities and build vaccine confidence,” the AAFP said in its June 22 letter to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, in advance of a hearing titled “Vaccines: America’s Shot at Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic” that was held that day.
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