Recognizing the need for education and increased opportunities to receive immunizations, the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) and the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) collaboratively developed Operation Immunization. This was the first service project of this magnitude in the history of APhA or SNPhA. This program is an immunization education campaign designed to increase the public's knowledge of immunizations while raising the number of adults receiving immunizations. Participants include all of the APhA-ASP chapters with the help of trained practitioners and other healthcare professionals trained and certified to give immunizations.
Since its launch as an official APhA-ASP National Patient Care project in 1997, over one million individuals have an immunization through the Operation Immunization campaign. The 2013-2014 campaign had the following results:
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87 chapters participated
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12,256 student pharmacists participated
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1,110 faculty participated
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1,201 pharmacy practitioners participated
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79,771 patients immunized
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108,701 patients received Health & Wellness/Clinical Services
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12,834,485 patients reached through public relations initiatives