 This will allow epidemiologists and public nurses to analyze the data in order to better target vaccination efforts and reduce the incidents of infectious disease outbreaks.The Immunization Program of the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Social Services of the State of Alaska is responsible for implementing and maintaining VacTrAK.Funding for the registry was specifically outlined in the program's 2006 federal grant as per a Center for Disease Control requirement that all states implement centralized immunization registries in order to qualify for the federally funded Vaccines for Children program which provides approved vaccines to clinics free of charge.