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Many Mississippi State Department of Health county health departments will hold special school registration immunization clinics for adolescents ages 10-17 next week. No appointment will be necessary. All clinic times are from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Clinic dates and locations are as follows:
- DeSoto County Health Department (Hernando), 3212 Highway 51 South, Suite A
Monday, July 29
Wednesday, July 31 - DeSoto County Health Department (Southaven)
8705 Northwest Drive Building A, Suite 1
Tuesday, July 30 - Pontotoc County Health Department
341 Ridge Road, Pontotoc
Monday, July 29 - Marshall County Health Department
225 South Market, Holly Springs
Wednesday, July 31 - Lafayette County Health Department
101 Veterans Drive, Oxford
Monday, July 29 - Attala County Health Department,999 Martin Luther King Drive, Kosciusko
Monday, July 29
Wednesday, July 31
Friday, August 2 - Hinds County Health Department, Jackson Medical Mall, Ste. 411
July 30-31
August 30-31
August 5-6 - Madison County Health Department, 309 Park Drive, Canton
Monday, July 29
Wednesday, July 31
Friday, August 2 - Warren County Health Department, 807 Monroe Street, Vicksburg
Tuesday, July 30
Wednesday, July 31 - Copiah County Health Department, 640 Georgetown Street, Hazlehurst
Monday, July 29 - Lauderdale County Health Department, 5524 Valley Street, Meridian
Monday, July 29
Tuesday, July 30
Thursday, August 1
Friday, August 2 - Scott County Health Department, 519 Airport Road, Forest
Monday, July 29
Friday, August 2 - Simpson County Health Department, 2789 Simpson Hwy 49, Mendenhall
Tuesday, July 30
Thursday, August 1 - Pike County Health Department, 114 East Presley Boulevard in McComb
Tuesday, July 30 - Lamar County Health Department, 207 Main Street, Purvis
July 30
Tuesday, July 30
Thursday, August 1 - Marion County Health Department, 908 Sumrall Road, Columbia
Tuesday, July 30
Friday, August 2 - Pearl River County Health Department, 7547 Highway 11 North, Carriere
Monday, July 29
Wednesday, July 31 - Jackson County Health Department, 4600 Lt. Eugene J. Majure Drive, Pascagoula
Wednesday, July 31
During these clinics, the health department will have additional nursing staff available to provide adolescent immunizations so that parents can complete the process quickly and efficiently. Parents should bring a copy of their child’s immunization record.
Mississippi state law requires children to be immunized against childhood diseases to enter public or private school, Head Start or daycare. There are required vaccinations for first-time school entry in Mississippi as well as a requirement for students entering 7th grade.
“A Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis) booster vaccination is required for those entering seventh grade. To make sure your adolescent is completely protected, we also recommend they get the HPV (human papillomavirus) and meningococcal vaccinations at the same time,” said MSDH State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers.
Parents must provide the school with a Certificate of Immunization Compliance (Form 121) from their immunization provider prior to school entry.
You may check with your physician or county health department if you have questions about which immunizations your child will need. Childhood vaccinations are available at county health departments by appointment.
For a full schedule of upcoming clinics, visit http://HealthyMS.com/page/23,21091,221.html.
