MMR2 vaccination coverage and timeliness among children born in 2004 – 2009

A national survey in Saint Lucia, 2015

Bibliographic Data

ID14966904
AuthorsSharon Belmar-George (Ministry of Health and Wellness, corresponding author), Julietta Cassius-Frederick (Ministry of Health and Wellness), Phil Leon (Ministry of Health and Wellness), Sonia Alexander (World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas), Yvette Holder (0000-0002-1759-9254, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas), Karen Nadine Lewis-Bell, Karen Lewis‐Bell (University of Technology, Jamaica), M Carolina Danovaro-Holliday, M Carolina Danovaro‐Holliday (0000-0001-7324-9198, World Health Organization), Pamela Bravo-Alcántara, Pamela Bravo‐Alcántara (World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas)
Year2018
Volume42
Pagese76-e76
Publication date2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348
PublisherPan American Health Organization (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.26633/rpsp.2018.76
PMID31093104
OpenAlexW2805061275
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited3

Based on the results of this survey, Saint Lucia's national immunization program has lowered the age of MMR2 to 18 months in 2016, increased advocacy with schools to enforce the school-entry law, and is working to vaccinate the cohorts of children who have not received timely MMR2

Family medicine · Immunization · Measles · Rubella · SAINT · Vaccination · Vaccine-preventable diseases · Demography · Immune responses and vaccinations · Medicine · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Virology and Viral Diseases · Immunology · Pediatrics

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