Europe Should Consider Mandatory Measles Immunization for School Entry

Should We Consider another Booster Dose of Measles Vaccine?

Background: To date, 36 years has passed since the beginning of measles vaccination; the disease is still circulating around the world, threatening lives of human beings especially in developing countries.  In recent years, we have confronted measles in previously vaccinated adults from all over the country. Objective: To find out if there is a need for changing our routine measles vaccination ...

Personal Beliefs Exemption from Mandatory Immunization of Children for School Entry.

Requiring immunization for school attendance greatly reduced morbidity and mortality in children over the past seven decades but is now highly controversial. This two-part exercise on the implementation of a "personal belief" exemption allows students to examine constitutional questions as well as legislation and regulations as they affect public health and school officials.

HPV vaccination: should it be mandatory for entry into public school?

© 2007, AWHONN 133 Worldwide, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women (CDC, 2006). The ACS (2006) estimates that more than 9,700 cases of invasive cervical cancer will be diagnosed this year in the United States. During 2006 alone, approximately 3,700 U.S. women will have died from this form of cancer (ACS). The rate of cervical cancer deaths in the United States has dropped t...

should we consider another booster dose of measles vaccine?

background : to date, 36 years has passed since the beginning of measles vaccination; the disease is still circulating around the world, threatening lives of human beings especially in developing countries.  in recent years, we have confronted measles in previously vaccinated adults from all over the country.   objective: to find out if there is a need for changing our routine measles vaccinati...

Measles immunization in IRAN