In observance of National Infant Immunization Week, the Brownwood/Brown County Health Department will be hosting a Kids’ Health Fair on April 18, 2015 from 10 am until 2 pm at Coggin Park.  Hot dogs and popcorn will be served and the children can take part in games, prizes, face-painting, bounce houses and puppet shows.

Information will be available for parents and caregivers about immunizations and vaccine preventable diseases, as well as information about the WIC program, emergency preparedness, safety and healthy living.  Free give-away items will also be available for adults.

Every year, thousands of children become ill from diseases which could have been prevented by childhood immunizations.

National Infant Immunization Week is an annual observance to promote the benefits of immunizations in order to improve and protect the health of children two years of age and younger.  NIIW highlights the dangers of vaccine-preventable diseases to infants and young children and the importance of childhood immunizations in helping to keep children safe and healthy.  This year National Infant Immunization Week will be observed April 18-25.

To encourage immunization of infants and young children, the Brownwood/Brown County Health Department will be waiving the administration fee for vaccines for all children up to three years of age who are eligible for the Texas Vaccine for Children program.  In addition, the health department will also be having walk in clinics April 20-24 from 8am until 11:30am, and from 1pm until 4:30pm.  No appointment is needed for immunizations on those days.

The Brownwood/Brown County Health Department encourages the parents in the area to bring their children out to the Kids’ Health Fair on Saturday, April 18, 2015 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Coggin Park. For questions please call 325-646-0554.