Guidance

Introducing Rubella Vaccine into National Immunization Programmes. A step by step guide

This document is intended for use by national immunization programme

managers and immunization partners involved in operational support.

General guidance about planning the introduction of a vaccine into a national

immunization programme is provided in the document “Principles and

considerations for adding a vaccine to a national immunization programme: from

decision to implementation and monitoring” published by WHO in 2014.

The specific objectives of this document are:

• To guide the policy discussions and operational aspects of the introduction of

rubella containing vaccine (RCV) into the national immunization programme.

• To provide technical guidance, up-to-date references on global policy,

technical justification, strategic issues and laboratory guidelines related to the

introduction and provision of rubella containing vaccine (RCV) in the national

immunization programme.

Languages

  • English
  • French

Publication year

2015

Type

Guidance

Diseases

EPI-CORE-MEASLES

The resource is included in the following table:

TitleAuthorYearTypeLanguage
A Guide to Introducing a 2nd Dose of Measles Vaccine into Routine Immunization SchedulesWorld Health Organization (WHO)2013GuidanceEnglish
Criteria to determine if a vaccine is routine or supplementalUNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO)2011GuidanceEnglish
Framework for verifying elimination of measles and rubellaWorld Health Organization (WHO)2013Journal articleFrench
Global Measles and Rubella Strategic Plan 2012-2020World Health Organization (WHO)2012GuidanceEnglish
Guide for clinical case management and infection prevention and control during a measles outbreakWorld Health Organization (WHO)2020GuidanceEnglish
Introducing Rubella Vaccine into National Immunization Programmes. A step by step guideWorld Health Organization (WHO)2015GuidanceEnglish, French
Manual for the Laboratory-based Surveillance of Measles, Rubella, and Congenital Rubella SyndromeWorld Health Organization (WHO)2018GuidanceEnglish
Measles Programmatic Risk Assessment ToolWorld Health Organization (WHO)RepositoryEnglish
Planning and implementing high-quality supplementary immunization activities for injectable vaccines using an example of measles and rubella vaccinesWorld Health Organization (WHO)2016GuidanceEnglish
SIA readiness assessment tool and dashboardWorld Health Organization (WHO)2016RepositoryEnglish, French
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