Measles vaccination status and related factors among infants in Ouhai district in Wenzhou city, Zhejiang province

Objective To understand the vaccination rate and timely vaccination rate of measles containing vaccine (MV) immunization among local and migrant infants and the related factors of missing vaccination or non-timely vaccination, and provide scientific evidence to develop strategy of eliminating measles. Methods The multistage cluster sampling survey was conducted among 225 local children and 225 migrant children who were born between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2010. Results The first dose vaccination rates of MV were 99.56% and 97.33%,the qualified vaccination rates were 97.33% and 91.56%,the timely vaccination rates were 76.44% and 63.56% and the second dose vaccination rates of MV were 99.33% and 90.58% respectively in local children and migrant children. Among the children who missed vaccination or received non timely vaccination, 67.51% were due to illness. Conclusion The activities of providing the second immunization opportunity and supplementary immunization of MV in migrant children had made great achievement in Ouhai n recent years,but the management of MV vaccination and health education about vaccination should be strengthened to improve the vaccination rate and timely vaccination rate of MV.