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Fear of measles epidemic prompts MMR campaign
By Melanie Defries,
Nursery World,
14 August 2008
The Government has launched a new campaign to increase the MMR vaccination rate, amid fears of a measles epidemic caused by low levels of immunisation.
The Department of Health has pledged up to £60,000 extra funding to each health trust and will provide 500,000 more doses, so that all children up to the age of 18 who have not previously had the MMR jab can be vaccinated. Government figures estimate that around three million children aged 18 months to 18 years have missed either their first or second MMR jab. Vaccination rates stood at 91 per cent in 1997-1998 but had fallen to 80 per cent...
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