School entry vaccination requirement program: Experience from the Republic of Korea

Policy and practice of checking vaccination status at school in 2018, a global overview

“…Receipt of missed doses varied by vaccine type and child’s age; population immunity in all provinces increased among the cohorts of children whose vaccination status was checked [5] , [10] , [11] , [12] . In the Republic of Korea, an expanded national immunization program and coordination between schools and health centers, using a national immunization registry and electronic communications, such as text message reminders, led to an increase in vaccination coverage among school-aged children [13] , [14] . Collaboration between the health and education sectors, high net school enrollment, and the availability of accurate sources of vaccination history, such as a national registry or more commonly, home-based records (HBR) have been reported as key influencers for introducing an effective strategy of checking vaccination at school [9] .…”