{"id":22163,"date":"2025-03-21T13:21:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T17:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/richmond-city\/?p=22163"},"modified":"2026-05-18T14:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:41:07","slug":"rhhd-in-the-news-every-child-vaccinated-is-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/richmond-city\/2025\/03\/21\/rhhd-in-the-news-every-child-vaccinated-is-a-success\/","title":{"rendered":"RHHD in the News: \u201cEvery child vaccinated is a success\u201d \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RHHD is making headlines! Director Dr. Elaine Perry recently appeared in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmonder.org\/richmond-youth-lag-the-state-on-vaccination-school-and-health-officials-are-pushing-to-reverse-that\/\">an article for <em>The Richmonder<\/em><\/a> to discuss the need for childhood vaccines.\u00a0<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Perry talks about the way vaccines protect children\u2014and their classmates\u2014against some of our most contagious diseases. She celebrates our partnership with Richmond Public Schools, which works to bring immunizations to students during the school day to make the process as convenient at possible. And she encourages community members to connect to a primary care provider to make sure kids have access to a consistent and trusted healthcare resource year-round.<\/p>\n<p>Already read the article? Dive deeper!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get familiar with <a href=\"https:\/\/downloads.aap.org\/AAP\/PDF\/AAP-Immunization-Schedule.pdf\">Virginia\u2019s vaccine schedule<\/a> to learn which vaccines your child needs when.<\/li>\n<li>Explore RHHD\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/richmond-city\/school-health-hub\/\">School Health<\/a> partnerships and initiatives.<\/li>\n<li>Find a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/richmond-city\/primary-care-richmond-and-henrico-health-districts\/\">provider<\/a> for your child or family, no matter your insurance status.<\/li>\n<li>Schedule <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/richmond-city\/childhood-immunization\/\">childhood vaccines<\/a> through RHHD or another community provider.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RHHD is making headlines! 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