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National Multiethnic Donor Awareness Month

National Multiethnic Donor Awareness Month is a collaborative initiative of the National (Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation) Multicultural Action Group (NMAG) to save and improve the quality of life of diverse communities by creating a positive culture for organ, eye, and tissue donation.

National Multiethnic Donor Awareness Month* stems from National Minority Donor Awareness Week, founded in 1996 by the National Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program (MOTTEP), to bring heightened awareness to donation and transplantation in multicultural communities – focusing primarily on African American, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and Native American communities.

What Can I Do to Increase Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation

• · Register your decision to be a donor at Register/Me.org
• · Tell your family and friends about your decision to Donate Life.
• · Visit DonateLife.net to discover ways you can be a champion of the cause.
• · Ask others to visit DonateLife.net to learn more and register.

For more information, visit:

· https://donatelife.net/how-you-can-help/national-observances-celebrations/national-multiethnic-donor-awareness-month/

· https://www.organdonor.gov/

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National Immunization Awareness Month

National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM). This annual observance highlights the importance of

getting recommended vaccines throughout your life. 

During NIAM, we encourage you to talk to your doctor, nurse, or healthcare provider to ensure you and

your family are protected against serious diseases by getting caught up on routine vaccination.

There are many debates around the safety of many of the vaccinations available, however governments.

across the world, acting upon the advice of leading scientists and medical professionals overwhelmingly.

support immunizations.

4 key items why you should immunize:

• Vaccines protect against serious diseases.
• These diseases still exist, and outbreaks do occur.
• Vaccines are recommended throughout our lives.
• Vaccines are very safe.

You can find a list of recommended immunizations for children from birth through 18-year-old and adults

by going to the CDC website cdc.gov and search vaccines or https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/index.html

Let us protect ourselves and others by getting our recommended vaccines!