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Controlling the spread of infectious diseases through immunization is one of medicine's most significant accomplishments. Vaccination programs have been proven to be a cost-effective means of disease prevention that has saved millions from death.
In 1994, North Carolina began the Universal Childhood Vaccine Distribution Program (UCVDP) to meet two goals - (1) to keep children in their medical homes, and (2) to remove cost as a barrier to age-appropriate immunizations. The UCVDP program provides all of the required vaccines - at no charge - for any child present in the state of North Carolina from birth through 18 years of age.
The North Carolina Immunization Branch is one of five branches of the Women's and Children's Health Section in the Division of Public Health, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services. Its mission is to promote public health by identifying and eliminating the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases. The Branch consists of four units:
