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.

Documents

Making measles history together: a resource for local government

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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

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Updates to this page

Published 11 September 2018

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