title: Ensuring excellence in immunization services.
abstract: In order to increase uptake of measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, a domiciliary immunization service was established in Dudley primary care trust in England in 2010. Parents of unimmunized children were offered vaccines at home. Uptake of MMR vaccine among 2 year olds rose from 89% in 2007/08 to 96.9% in 2015. Children were also given any other outstanding immunizations. The domiciliary immunization service reached vulnerable unimmunized children who may otherwise have remained unprotected against life threatening childhood illnesses. Domiciliary immunization service was set up in 2010 to reduce inequalities in uptake of MMR vaccine among children aged between 2 and 5 years.
authors.affiliation: a Office of Public Health; Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (now PHE Program Director Child Flu Imms Taskforce) ; London , UK.
authors.forename: Pauline
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: MacDonald
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004739:England; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D022542:Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D022542:Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine
keywords: immunization, domiciliary, inequalities, MMR, measles, children