Despite established vaccination programs, classic diseases such as measles and whooping cough remain a serious challenge. In Austria there have recently been numerous cases of illness due to lower vaccination rates. The Austrian Vaccination Day 2025 will focus on vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, whooping cough and influenza. In cooperation with MedUni Vienna, the Austrian Medical Association (ÖÄK), the Austrian Chamber of Pharmacists (ÖAK) and the Austrian Academy of Physicians, the Austrian Vaccination Day will again take place on January 18, 2025 as a hybrid specialist conference at the Austria Center Vienna (registration at www.impftag.at).
A press conference will take place on Monday, December 9, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.
Location: Rectorate Hall of the Medical University of Vienna
Rectorate building (component 88), level 01, Spitalgasse 23, 1090 Vienna
Your contact persons are:
Ursula Wiedermann-Schmidt, Head of the Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology at MedUni Vienna
Rudolf Schmitzberger, head of the vaccination department of the Austrian Medical Association
Gerhard Kobinger, member of the executive board of the Austrian Chamber of Pharmacists
Please register at pr@meduniwien.ac.at.
Press conference on Austrian Vaccination Day 2025
Despite established vaccination programs, classic diseases such as measles and whooping cough remain a serious challenge. In Austria there have recently been numerous cases of illness due to lower vaccination rates. Austrian Vaccination Day (January 18, 2025) focuses on vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, whooping cough and influenza. A press conference will take place on Monday, December 9, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.
Datum: December 9, 2024, 10:00 a.m
Art: Press conference
Ort: Medical University of Vienna
Spitalgasse 23 23
1090 Wien
Austria
URL: https://www.impftag.at
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