About TAPI

The Arizona Partnership for Immunization (TAPI) is a non-profit statewide coalition of over 400 members. TAPI was formed in response to the alarming fact that in 1993, only 43% of Arizona’s two-year-olds were fully immunized against preventable childhood diseases like measles, mumps, polio and whooping cough. Through the efforts of TAPI’s partners from both the public and private sectors, immunization coverage rates in Arizona have improved dramatically, with nearly three in four children fully immunized by age two. Unfortunately, the problem never ends. Each year in Arizona almost 90,000 babies are born, and none arrive immunized.

Mission
To foster a comprehensive, sustained community program for the immunization of Arizonans against vaccine preventable diseases.

Goal
To deliver age appropriate immunizations by the year 2010 to at least 90% of Arizona’s two-year-old children before their second birthday and to encourage appropriate immunizations through the lifespan.

Members

• Arizona Department of Health Services
• Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System
• County Health Departments, Community Health Centers and Fire Departments
• Commercial and Medicaid Managed Care Organizations
• The Arizona Medical Association, the Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Arizona Chapter of the American Association of Family Physicians and the Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association
• Corporations, private foundations, professional organizations and children’s advocacy groups

Leadership

• James Zorn, R.N., Health Logic, Chair, Adult Committee
• Kathy Fredrickson, Arizona Department of Health Services, Public Health Technical Expert
• Patty Mead, Arizona Association of Public Health Officers, Public Health Technical Expert
• Daniel T. Cloud, M.D., Chair, Steering Committee
• David Landrith, Chair, Advocacy & Policy
• Andrea Houfek, M.D. (CIGNA Healthcare), Chair, Provider Awareness
• Dan Aspery, M.D. (Blue Cross, Blue Shield), Chair, Survey & Assessment
• Debbie McCune Davis, TAPI Program Director

Arizona State Immunization Information System (ASIIS)
The unique partnerships formed by TAPI spurred the development of the Arizona State Immunization Information System (ASIIS), which was funded through a grant from the Flinn Foundation. ASIIS is the official state immunization registry housed at the Arizona Department of Health Services. As of January 1, 1998 all immunization providers are required to report childhood immunizations to the central registry. Immunization information is available to health care providers to determine the immunization status of children seeking services in both public and private settings. Arizona has been identified by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention as the only state in the nation with over 80% of its children 36 months of age and under in an immunization registry.

Want to know more?
To learn more about TAPI, our partnerships and the services we provide please contact:

Debbie McCune Davis
Program Director
(602) 288-7566
tapi@aachc.org

Jennifer Tinney
Program Coordinator
(602) 288-7567
jennifert@aachc.org