Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: programmatic strategies to increase vaccination coverage by age 2 years--linkage of vaccination and WIC services.

This statement by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Food and Consumer Service (FCS), presents programmatic strategies to increase vaccination rates among preschool-aged children. This is the first statement to recommend assessment of vaccination status and referral for needed vaccinations of children receiving services from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).