The Kansas Immunization Program (KIP), within the Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention (BDCP) is responsible for the prevention and control of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) in Kansas children, adolescents, and adults. VPDs are serious infectious diseases for which specific immunizing agents are available. The chief activities are to:
Promote immunization of the adults, adolescents, and children, against VPDs
Provide vaccines supported by the National Immunization Program Grant for the protection of persons not able to pay for vaccines
Act as a liaison between federal health officials in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Immunization Program (NIP) and KDHE