Discussing the MMR vaccine with patients

摘要

As outlined in Public Health England's UK Measles and Rubella elimination strategy', MMR vaccination needs to improve to achieve and maintain elimination in line with recommendations from the World Health Organization. In 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that measles had been eliminated in the UK, owing to a "sustained interruption ol endemic transmission for at least 36 months"1. Despite this, measles remains a threat to the UK population, with sustained outbreaks occurring in both the UK and mainland Europe in 2018. More than half of the cases in Europe are in young people and adults who missed their measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccines when they were younger2.