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Description:The Measles and Rubella Initiative (M&RI) is pleased to present its 2014 annual report. This year’s report highlights countries in action as they implement the strategies required to achieve measles and rubella control and elimination.
The impact of the measles vaccine on global public health continues to be tremendous. Since the M&RI was founded in 2001, measles mortality has dropped by an estimated 75 per cent, with annual deaths plummeting from 544,200 in 2000 to 145,700 in 2013. Each year, measles vaccination programs prevent the deaths of over one million children, as estimated by the World Health Organization (WHO). There has also been a steady increase in the number of countries—from ninety-nine in 2000 to 141 in 2014—introducing rubella- containing vaccines (RCVs) into their routine immunization programmes to prevent Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS).
Over the course of 2014, approximately 215 million children received measles- containing vaccines (MCVs) as part of Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIAs) conducted in twenty-seven countries. In more than half of these countries, other life-saving interventions—such as vitamin A supplementation and oral polio vaccines—were also delivered.
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