Abstract:The Ministry of Health has announced that the Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine will be introduced to our national immunisation programme from 1st October 2011.Its introduction, although belated b...The Ministry of Health has announced that the Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine will be introduced to our national immunisation programme from 1st October 2011.Its introduction, although belated by over 10 years, is most welcome.The vaccine against mumps was first introduced in 1968.Since then it has been available in the form of MMR (mumps, measles, rubella) and MR (measles, rubella) vaccines.In developed countries and in some developing countries MMR vaccine has been part of national immunization programmes for many decades.Read More