About Us

Who We Are

Founded in 1994, the Immunization Action Coalition of Washington (IACW) works to increase public awareness about the importance of immunizations and to achieve and maintain effective coverage levels of recommended immunizations for infants, children, adolescents, and adults in Washington State.

The IACW has over 200 organizational members that represent public and private communities around the state.

Priorities for 2010

• Immunization Policy
• Provider Education
• Parental Hesitancy

Statewide Goals:

• Increase and sustain public awareness about the importance of immunizations across the lifespan in preventing disease, disability and death.
• Promote optimal immunization of all children, especially before two years of age, and particularly in those areas where there is the most need, based on current epidemiology.
• Assure improved timely access to immunizations for infants, children, adolescents and adults.
• Educate policy-makers, payers, health care providers, school personnel, parents, and other care providers about vaccines, vaccine preventable diseases, and the cost benefit of timely immunization.
• Encourage community participation at the grassroots level to strengthen and enhance current immunization outreach efforts.
• Build better communication links between and among Coalition members and Member organizations.