Media

News releases 2012

• January 10, 2012 – Did you miss getting your flu shot in 2011? It's not too late! PDF

NEWS RELEASES FROM PREVIOUS YEARS

News releases 2011

• September 29, 2011 – Media release: Don't go viral this influenza season! PDF
  
• May 24, 2011 – News release: Seasonal Tetanus Awareness. PDF
  
• April 19, 2011 – News release (National Immunization Awareness Week 2011): Immunization Protects Everyone. PDF

News releases 2010

• September 22, 2010 – Media advisory: Don't get influenza. Don't spread influenza. Get immunized. PDF
  
• May 11, 2010 – Your springtime checklist may not be complete without protection against tetanus. (media release for the Seasonal Tetanus Awareness Campaign 2010) PDF
  

• April 19, 2010 – National Immunization Awareness Week 2010. Immunization saves lives. (CCIAP's media release) PDF

• April 2010 – National Immunization Awareness Week. Immunization saves lives. (NIAW media release which can be customized to suit your community's needs) PDF

News releases 2009

• October 28, 2009 – Don't get influenza. Don't spread influenza. Get immunized. PDF
  
• September 29, 2009 – Pneumococcal vaccine may help limit hospitalizations and deaths from influenza: New campaign alerts Canadians on how to protect themselves and their loved ones from pneumococcal infection PDF
  
• May 11, 2009 – Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness and Promotion hammers home importance of tetanus immunization before starting gardening and outdoor home improvement projects PDF
  
• April 27, 2009 – Immunization: It's a family affair! PDF

News releases 2008

• December 15, 2008 - It's still flu shot season! PDF
  
• October 2, 2008 – Media can help give a shot in the arm to the annual Influenza Campaign! PDF
• May 12, 2008 – There’s something lurking in the soil this gardening season – and most Canadians don’t know it’s there! PDF
  
• April 23, 2008 – Adults are missing available protection from serious disease PDF
• April 21, 2008 – Children under two vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases PDF
  
• Meningitis Research Foundation of Canada, February 2008 – PDF
  

Audio & Visual

The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA), in partnership with Lysol, reminds Canadians about some easy steps to prevent the spread of certain germs this season. CPHA and CCIAP also remind Canadians to get their flu shot… the best way to protect you and those around you from seasonal influenza.

• NEW: Radio ad – The Influenza Game Show (MP3: 1175k)
  
• NEW: Radio ad – Get the Flu Shot - The reasons are all around you (MP3: 1209k)
  
• Keaton's Story (Meningitis Research Foundation of Canada).
  Meningitis Research Foundation of Canada, 2011
  Public service announcement.
• The Portrait (Meningitis Research Foundation of Canada).
  Meningitis Research Foundation of Canada, 2011
  Public service announcement.
• A Time to Protect (Meningitis Research Foundation of Canada).
  Meningitis Research Foundation of Canada, 2011
  Public service announcement.
• Don't Wait, Vaccinate! (January 2011 television PSA, Health Canada, First Nations & Inuit Health Branch)
  
• Help Eliminate Pain in Kids: The Hidden Cost of Immunization (AboutKidsHealth)
  
• Audio news release – Seasonal Tetanus Campaign 2010 (May 13, 2010)
  
• Video: Tetanus (Global Television interview – May 13, 2009) (WMV: 7m, 3:15)

• Video –  Immunization Action Coalition (U.S.)
• Video –  Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

• Video news release (2005): "The Inside Minute on Immunization" (WMV: 60 seconds; 14.3m)
  

• Radio ad – Flu shots save lives (MP3: 421k)

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