IAP Actions
- Contact and engage the parents and guardians of under-immunized children
- Educate people about the importance of immunization
- Identify ways to improve vaccine delivery
The IAP was prompted by a 1989-1991 measles outbreak in the U.S. When the federal government investigated the outbreak, they found that too many children weren’t fully protected against vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles. The government then began funding all states to help them build programs that raise and maintain high immunization rates. Connecticut’s IAP was launched in 1993.