Eurosurveillance - Volume 3, Issue 12, 01 December 1998

Cet article est le dernier d’une série de trois articles portant sur la comparaison, dans huit pays (Danemark, Angleterre et Pays de Galles, Finlande, France, Allemagne, Italie, Suède et Pays-Bas), des programmes vaccinaux et de l’impact épidémiologique d

Vaccination against mumps in Portugal began in 1987, with the introduction of the combined measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (MMR) in the national vaccination programme (Programa Nacional de Vacinação: PNV) for both sexes at 15 months. In November 1990,

The European Advisory Group on Immunisation has recommended that measles should be eliminated from Europe by the year 2007 , a target accepted by National Immunisation Programme Managers for the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region countries. I