Intensification of measles vaccination coverage.

ABSTRACT

Better coverage of susceptibles with measles vaccine has clear demonstratable impact on disease incidence. Education and strong motivation of implementors and community at large and improvement in other managerial and administrative support actions for the programme are considered essential to boost up measles immunisation coverage. It is therefore, expected that with well planned and sustained implementation of country wide campaign of measles immunisation, the disease can be brought under control. This needs strong will, determination and urgency for well planned and sustained actions if we have to achieve desired goal--"IMMUNISATION FOR ALL BY 1990". The efforts required for achieving the targets are discussed in this paper.