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Programs that provide inoculations which prevent adults from contracting measles, mumps or rubella (German measles). These vaccines are often given in a combined form (MMR), which is appropriate even though an individual is already immune to one or more of the components. Vaccination is recommended for adults born after 1956 without written documentation of immunization on or after their first birthday; health care personnel born after 1956 who are at risk of exposure to patients with one of the diseases; HIV-infected individuals without severe immunosuppression; travelers to foreign countries; and persons entering post-secondary educational institutions (e.g., college).