1. Planning for school based MR Campaign Education Department Involvement
Training Workshop for Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaigns

2. Waiting for vaccination…….

3. (Starts & ends with smiles)
Improved communication of health delivery staff & education staff pre, during & post vaccination
(Starts & ends with smiles)

4. Delighted after vaccination
Convent school
Monastery
Play school
Madarasa

5. Communication from Ministry of HRD Secretary Education (states/UTs)

6. Strong engagement of schools (Public, Private and Catholic)

7. Concerns of school Vaccine safety & need for additional doses?
Is it a government program only?
What is the take of international agencies?
Quality of vaccine?

8. Let us say hello to Measles and Rubella vaccine
Share stand of WHO, Unicef, CDC, IAP, IMA, others

9. Let us say hello to Auto disabled (AD Syringe)
One new syringe for every child
Health department across India is using AD syringes in immunization programme since 2005.
Mechanism of AD syringe is such that it can not used again for the second time.
In phase I, II and ongoing phase III (12 states/UTs)
More than 6 crore children vaccinated successfully

10. Training Workshop for Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaigns
Basic planning
One school in a day (preferable)
May need to deploy multiple teams
One team (200 injection load):
1 Vaccinator & 3 mobilisers
If injection load between 200 – 400
Add one vaccinator
Injection load between 400 – 600
Add one team (1 Vaccinator & 3 mobilisers)
Training Workshop for Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaigns

11. Role of Education Department
Share details & support planning
Training school and class lead
Awareness amongst parents
Engage students
Help on the day of vaccination
Support reporting & tracking of missed children
Training Workshop for Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaigns

12. Format 2A – School Pre Campaign
This format will be distributed by respective DEOs to all government schools.
Each school will fill format 2A separately.
Format 2A – School Pre Campaign will be submitted to Health department (MO I/C) of the block.
Block/ PHC in-charge to cross check information gathered education department & by health workers to consolidate list of schools for microplanning
Training Workshop for Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaigns

13. Format 2-A– School Pre Campaign
(School Principal to ensure this information reaches MO I/C in time)
Block
Village / Urban Area:
School name & address:
School vehicle available yes / no
Govt/ Private
Co-ed/ Boys only / Girls only (Encircle)
School leaders
Principal name Landline Cell Board ICSE/CBSE/State/Others
School nodal person MR Campaign vaccination (Name & Tel number):
Total Students under 15 year : Total classes with children under Total rooms in school
Class leads training planned on DD/MM/YYYY
Class leaders with Students details (up to 15 years )
Class/ class section
Total students
Name &
Mobile number of class lead (teacher)
PTM date planned for MR
Student –teacher interaction date planned
dd/mm/yyyy 
1st interaction
2nd interaction
Signature
Principal
Nursery  20
Ms Sonia 99XX55XX34XX
 KG (A)
 30
Ms Seema 95XX37XX39XX
KG (B) 25
Mr Pradeep 81XX24XX56XX39
Class1 (A) 30
Ms Roohi 95XX34XX89XX50
Signature
Principal

14. School Planning form 2B for PHC/ Block (For big schools use form 2C)

15. Role of Education Department
Share details & support planning
Training school and class lead
Awareness amongst parents
Engage students
Help on the day of vaccination
Support reporting & tracking of missed children
Training Workshop for Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaigns

16. Key Officials Education department in MR Campaign
School team leaders : 2 per school
School Principal + one additional nodal officer for campaign from every school (Govt, Private, Aided, Madrasas , pre nursery schools, Kindergarten, others including schools for special, orphanages, others)
Will be trained by Health Department / WHO, UNICEF will monitor the training
Class leader – class/ section teacher : 1 per class / per section
Will be trained by School team leaders
Class MR Warriors and Class wise Captains for MR Campaigns (students) : 3-5 per class / section.
Support teachers in MR activities
Motivate cheer friends on vaccination day.
Be part of team to hoist the “ We just did it …Measles Freedom flag”
Will be trained by Class leader – class/ section teacher

17. Doctors/ medical staff attached to schools
Do include the doctors on call / visiting doctors/ medical room staff in school to attend the training program
Ensure that they are part of the trainings with their school leaders.

18. Role of Education Department
Share details & support planning
Training school and class lead
Awareness amongst parents
Engage students
Help on the day of vaccination
Support reporting & tracking of missed children
Training Workshop for Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaigns

19. Communication to parents
Use available communication channel to inform parents about PTM /interaction ( SMS, Whatsapp, e mails, Student diary message, school website
Provide links to key information
Promotion message stickers with school names
Play school children: Parents must be asked to come to school on the given day/date
For bigger classes the options are left to school.
All children will have to wait for half an hour after vaccination

21. What Parents need to know in PTMs (refer training material)
More than 6 crore children vaccinated in 5 southern states India heading for elimination of measles
MR Vaccination – one shot campaign, Why the need, how will it help their child,
Additional dose irrespective of previous doses received or not
What is Measles and Rubella – the threat , disease, complications and how it will protect their children
MR Vaccine is WHO prequalified, one syringe one child, Vaccination will be provided under medical supervision
Children should have had something to eat in morning. Severely ill children will not be vaccinated
Process of vaccination in schools from class to vaccination room, teacher escort, from vaccination room to observation room for 30 min)

22. Focused attention on Parent-Teacher meeting at schools

23. MR campaign - Interaction of health department with students, especially large private schools

24. School to parents messages Rubber stamps design
Every child is special , every parent is a winner !!
Let us beat Measles and Rubella with MR Vaccination
One dose MR Vaccination campaign scheduled on ___________ day _________at_______am
Let us make our school proud by achieving more than 95% coverage and hoisting the flag - ‘WE JUST DID IT’
An effort towards making a healthier and disease free India
Holy Angels Holy Mother School, Hyderabad

25. Car/ Bike sticker -a few samples
War against Measles and Rubella Disease
My child will win, We will Win
Holy Angelian Mother
War against Measles and Rubella Disease
My child is a MR Vaccine Captain
Holy Angelian mother
War against Measles and Rubella Disease
My child is a MR Warrior
Holy Angelian mother

26. Role of Education Department
Share details & support planning
Training school and class lead
Awareness amongst parents
Engage students
Help on the day of vaccination
Support reporting & tracking of missed children
Training Workshop for Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaigns

27. Improving children participation: Drawings, painting competitions

28. Improving children participation: Drawings, painting competitions

29. Role of Education Department
Share details & support planning
Training school and class lead
Awareness amongst parents
Engage students
Help on the day of vaccination
Support reporting & tracking of missed children
Training Workshop for Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaigns

31. Role of Class Teacher/ MR warrior On Day Of Vaccination
Ensuring children are informed to not come empty stomach
Contribute in painting display in vaccination room
Ensure filling name based post campaign format for missed children and forwarding it to school lead
Identify a room where children are asked to move after vaccination.
If possible mark an area for observing children after vaccination ( keep under observation for 30 minutes)
Make Left out children list same day evening (refer to format2-D)
Training Workshop for Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaigns

32. Role of School team leaders / Class leads On Day Of Vaccination
Follow the simple strategy of taking one child at a time in vaccination room
Ensure there is a place to wait before the child gets into vaccination room
Training Workshop for Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaigns

33. Training Workshop for Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaigns
Motivating students
Ensure that every class greets their first 5-7 children going for vaccination with an applause (claps). This boosts confidence.
The vaccinated children have to be observed for at least 30 minutes
Training Workshop for Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaigns

34. Role of Education Department
Share details & support planning
Training school and class lead
Awareness amongst parents
Engage students
Help on the day of vaccination
Support reporting & tracking of missed children
Training Workshop for Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaigns

35. Daily Class wise coverage to Principal

36. Daily school wise coverage to planning unit/ Block MO incharge

37. Daily planning unit/Block wise coverage to District (Immunization officer)

38. Daily District wise coverage to District (Immunization officer)

39. After Vaccination is completed
The school and class leads should immediately calculate the vaccination coverage in school
Before vaccination session finishes Class teachers to make list of only those students who could not be vaccinated on that day along with the reason (refer form ) for follow up of students
More than 95 % coverage
Less than 95% coverage
Training Workshop for Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaigns

40. If your school records above 95% coverage the MR Captains and warriors and class teachers should hoist the flag the same day/ next day until the campaign period ends.

41. Thankyou