The National Black Church Initiative Encourages You and Your Family to Get Your Annual Flu Shot and Follow Your Immunization Chart For All of Your Vaccines - To Stay Healthy!
NBCI Comprehensive Immunization/Vaccine Confidence Plan Toward Health Equity
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The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI) is launching one of the most comprehensive flu programs ever in its history due to the COVID-19 virus.
Our messaging campaign will be targeted at African American and Latino families with an emphasis on but not limited to African American children, pregnant women, the disabled, and the homeless.
National Black Church Initiative National Flu Campaign One Pager .pdf [135kb]
We all are at risk for getting and spreading the flu. If you have asthma or other lung diseases, you are at higher risk of developing complications from the flu.
Flu Risk Factors
Influenza is a very serious illness for anyone at high risk. Certain diseases that place people at high risk include:
- diabetes or other chronic metabolic disorder
- morbid obesity
- diseases (HIV, AIDS) or treatments (steroids, chemotherapy) that suppress immunity