Working with vocational schools to increase MMR vaccine uptake

Limited opening hours of vaccination services, financial barriers - including taking time off work or school - and lack of reliable and accessible information make it difficult for young people to get vaccinated. In Upper Austria, healthcare professionals brought vaccination services directly to students in six vocational schools, making it easier and more convenient for them to get vaccinated; they aimed to tackle low vaccination coverage against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) and pertussis (DTaP/IPV) vaccines among young people.