Increasing vaccination coverage: The school entry vaccination record check program in Guizhou Province China, 2003-2018.

CONCLUSIONS: Checking vaccination record at kindergartens and primary schools and providing necessary catch-up vaccination was associated with increased coverage of measles and other vaccines, lower incidence of measles, and an apparent end to school-based measles outbreaks. Guizhou's experience of checking vaccination records at school enrollment led to implementation of this strategy in other provinces. In 2019, the kindergarten and school entry vaccination record check program was incorporated into China's national vaccine law.
PMID: 32891472 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Vaccine - September 1, 2020 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Zuo S, Zhang D, Mu Q, Dai L, Du W, Xu F, Feng J, Heffelfinger JD Tags: Vaccine Source Type: research