Measles poster (Western Public Health Unit)

A poster encouraging adult measles vaccination. Measles cases are rising overseas and in Melbourne, with imported cases and local transmission now occurring. Risk is higher for travellers, migrant families, and First Nations peoples in the western suburbs.

Adults aged 20-59 are more likely to be under-vaccinated, as childhood immunisation schedules in Australia and overseas haven't always included two MMR doses. Up to 50% of adults aged 20-59 in the western suburbs lack documented evidence of two MMR vaccines on their Australian Immunisation Register record.

Local public health units, in partnership with the Victorian Department of Health, are coordinating adult catch-up vaccination initiatives to increase MMR rates.

More translated material, including social media tiles, is available in the MMR Vaccine Campaign Toolkit.