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Hywel Dda Health Board is supporting Public Health Wales’ plea for parents to ensure children are given two doses of the three-in-one measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine as cases across West Wales continue to rise. So far in 2013, there have been 23 cases across Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion compared to five during the same period in 2012. Letters are currently being sent to families in Llanelli, where cases of Measles are up 300% compared to the same period in 2012. Parents in the locality are being urged to ensure their children are fully protected from this preventable but life-threatening disease. Immediate arrangements should be made with their GP for their children to receive the MMR vaccine if they are not fully protected. However, this vital message applies to all parents and guardians if the spread of this disease is to be halted. Teresa Owen, Director of Public Health for Hywel Dda Health Board repeated the plea: “There is an ongoing outbreak of measles...

Hywel Dda Health Board | Parents reminded of vaccinations ahead of summer holidays Parents in Wales booking their summer holidays are being reminded to make sure they also book an appointment for their children to receive their vaccinations. Public Health Wales has issued a reminder that diseases rare in the UK do still circulate in popular holiday destinations and can be a serious threat to Welsh children. Parents are being urged not only to ensure their children receive the vaccinations required for travel abroad, but also to arrange for them to catch up on any of the routine vaccinations given in the UK that they might have missed.