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The problem
Intervention: 5-Year National Measles Elimination Plan including school-based mass vaccination campaigns, pre-entry vaccination verification, and strengthened surveillance
Who it was tested with: Children in South Korea, with approximately 5.8 million children receiving two doses of measles-containing vaccine; focus on school-aged children and infants.
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"Following the Republic of Korea (ROK)'s introduction of a monovalent measles vaccine in 1965, the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine was incorporated into the National Immunization Program in 1983. In 1997, a second dose was added for children aged 4-6 years due to recurrent outbreaks; however, a large nationwide outbreak occurred in 2000-2001... In response to these findings, the government launched a 5-Year National Measles Elimination Plan, including school-based mass vaccination campaigns and pre-entry vaccination verification. This resulted in approximately 5.8 million children receiving two doses of measles-containing vaccine and strengthening surveillance. Consequently, measles was declared eliminated in 2006." The document presents the implementation of a comprehensive national strateg
This is a descriptive case study without a control group or comparison intervention. The document does not isolate the contribution of each intervention component (mass campaigns, pre-entry verification, surveillance) to the elimination outcome, nor does it provide detailed data on vaccination coverage rates achieved or timeline to elimination for different age groups.
Across countries and designs
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