enewspf.comH1N1 Flu Vaccination (Together We Can All Fight the Flu)
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“Together We Can All Fight the Flu”
HHS and Ad Council PSA campaign during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, beginning with May 2009 hygiene PSAs featuring Sesame Street's Elmo and Gordon and followed by vaccination PSAs (October and December 2009) aimed at children, parents, pregnant women, young adults, people with underlying conditions and Spanish speakers.
- Years
- 2009–2010
- Country
- United States
- Topic
- Hand hygieneInfectious diseaseVaccination
- Asks people to
- Start
- Strategy
- MascotSimple instruction
- Channel
- OutdoorRadioSocial (paid)TV
- Audience
- General publicParentsYouth
Evidence
NoneUnknown
Sponsor (who paid)
- Ad Council Ad Council (pro bono), campaign producer
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Federal government, partner/sponsor
- Sesame Workshop NGO, partner (Elmo PSAs)
Credits (who made it)
- Merkley + Partners Creative, 2009 source
Executions (individual ads)
- Elmo and Gordon H1N1 hygiene PSAs (Sesame Workshop) 2009 · tv
- H1N1 vaccination TV PSAs 2009 · tv
Related campaigns
Sources
Research notes
Credits checked 2026-10-22 against fetched pages: Merkley + Partners (HHS/Ad Council release of 7 December 2009 reprinted by eNews Park Forest, full text read via the Wayback Machine: 'Created pro bono by ad agency Merkley + Partners in New York City'). Corrected 2026-10-22: source moved to the archived full-text copy; the live enewspf page shows only a teaser. endYear 2010 assumed from the end of the H1N1 pandemic season; not confirmed. Tagline appears as campaign title in trade coverage; verify it was the on-air end line. 'mascot' tag reflects the Elmo spots.
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