Michigan Children's Immunization Registry: An important tool in reaching & maintaining 100% rates among two-year-olds.

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.