The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) has announced a call for nominations for the 2019 APhA Immunization Champion Awards. The APhA Immunization Champion Awards recognizes individuals and organizations within the profession of pharmacy who have made extraordinary contributions towards improved vaccination rates within their communities.

Awards will be presented at the 2019 APhA Annual Meeting, March 22–25, 2019, in Seattle. Submit your nomination online by midnight PST on November 24, 2018, for candidates in one of the following award categories:

• Community Outreach: Practitioner or pharmacy that has conducted activities and provided education within the communities they serve to increase immunization awareness and delivery.  This category recognizes individuals and organizations that have successfully embraced the key elements of the “immunization neighborhood”—collaboration, coordination, and communication among immunization stakeholders (between pharmacies/pharmacists and immunization coalitions, physicians, nurses, public health departments)—and are dedicated to meeting the immunization needs of the patient and protecting the community from vaccine-preventable diseases.
• Corporation/Institution: Community pharmacies, hospital pharmacies, long-term care pharmacies, clinics, government entities, corporations, institutions, etc., that have established, facilitated, and/or collaborated with their community to provide services to improve vaccination rates. These entities should address and incorporate key elements of the “immunization neighborhood” within their submitted activities.
• Friend of Pharmacy: An individual who is a nonpharmacist and has supported, facilitated, or advocated for pharmacists’ role in immunizations. Individuals could include a coalition leader, community leader, policy maker, physician, public health official, reporter, etc. 
• Individual Practitioners: A pharmacist who has established, facilitated, and/or collaborated within their community to provide services to improve vaccination rates. These individuals should exemplify key elements of the “immunization neighborhood” within their submitted activities.
• Pharmacy Team Member: An individual who is not a pharmacist or student pharmacist, who has advocated for immunizations, and who has proactively identified at-risk patients for vaccination. Individuals could include a pharmacy technician, store manager, store cashier, etc. Activities could include conducting or coordinating community outreach, patient education campaigns, managing or delivering immunization services, or supporting pharmacists in the provision of immunization services.
• New Category - Travel Health: Practitioner or pharmacy that has established, facilitated, and/or collaborated within their community to offer travel health services, which include, but are not limited to, consultations, medications, and comprehensive travel vaccines administration.