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Background: School vaccination programs against human papilloma virus (HPV) have been implemented in most Western countries. Only a few studies have investigated socio-economic factors related to school-based vaccination., Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted using the vaccination cards of 1158 randomized girls aged 13 to 14 years enrolled in the public schools of the canton of Geneva. Several other socio-economic variables (nationality, socio-professional category and marital status of the parents) were collected., Results: Immunization coverage for three doses of HPV vaccine was 56%. After having controlled the covariates, Portuguese adolescents (adjusted OR [95% CI]: 4.18 [1.76-9.92]), adolescents whose mothers were workers (adjusted OR [95% CI]: 1.91 [1.38-2.65]) or married (adjusted OR [95% CI]: 1.44 [1.06-1.98]) showed significantly higher immunization rates than Swiss adolescents or those whose mothers' socio-professional category was senior manager or executive., Conclusion: This study shows that the HPV vaccine coverage is not yet optimal in Geneva and varies significantly according to the socio-economic status, thus better promotion of HPV vaccination for certain target groups must be implemented., (Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

Measles is a highly contagious disease characterized by respiratory symptoms, rash and fever. Complications are common. Despite national recommendations concerning the need to vaccinate children with 2 doses of MMR vaccine (at age 12 months and between 15 and 24 months), epidemic outbursts still happen. The treatment of infected children is purely supportive, whereas susceptible household contacts may benefit from IVIG or catch up with vaccination depending on their age and the time spent since the contact. This paper defines a practical approach for measles infected cases and contact patients.