All children entering school or day care must have completed the 3-shot hepatitis B series. Pregnant women should be tested for hepatitis B infection and babies born to infected mothers should be vaccinated immediately. The Resources During 1997, public health clinics in Georgia's 159 counties gave 979,191 doses of vaccine. The immunization program shipped a total of 1,720,713 doses of vaccine to public and private health care providers. As of August 1999 over 1646 health care providers were enrolled in the program.
Fees charged for immunizations vary, depending on ability to pay.
Medicaid and PeachCare reimburse providers for vaccinations given to Medicaid and PeachCare recipients. People 65 years and older and anyone with chronic medical conditions should receive an annual influenza immunization. These are usually given during the fall months and are available at public health clinics. The same people should be vaccinated against pneumococcal pneumonia. For most people, this vaccine is given once in a lifetime, at any time of the year.