Guidance

Measles: resources for local government

Guidance to help local authorities to respond to outbreaks of measles in their areas, and support greater uptake of the MMR vaccine.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 11 September 2018

Documents

Making measles history together: a resource for local government

Ref: PHE gateway number 2018377

PDF, 2.6 MB, 8 pages

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Details

This guidance includes information on:

• measles infection
• MMR vaccine
• measles elimination
• inequalities in vaccine uptake and disease burden
• strategies to address inequalities in vaccine uptake in under-vaccinated communities
• MMR immunisation programme and outbreak health check
• case studies
• links to resources

Further resources are available for ordering and to download:

• translated leaflets and posters
• all MMR leaflets

Published 11 September 2018