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Alternative Title:
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
Personal Author:
Perry, Robert T. ; Gacic-Dobo, Marta ; Dabbagh, Alya ; Mulders, Mick N. ; Strebel, Peter M. ; ... More +
Perry, Robert T. ; Gacic-Dobo, Marta ; Dabbagh, Alya ; Mulders, Mick N. ; Strebel, Peter M. ; Okwo-Bele, Jean-Marie ; Rota, Paul A. ; Goodson, James L. Less -
Corporate Authors:
World Health Organization. Department of Immunization, Vaccines, and Biologicals. ; National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases. ; Center for Global Health (U.S.). Global Immunization Division.
World Health Organization. Department of Immunization, Vaccines, and Biologicals. ; National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases. ; Center for Global Health (U.S.). Global Immunization Division. Less -
Description:
In 2012, the World Health Assembly endorsed the Global Vaccine Action Plan with the objective to eliminate measles in four World Health Organization (WHO) regions by 2015. Member states of all six WHO regions have adopted measles elimination goals. In 2010, the World Health Assembly established three milestones for 2015: 1) increase routine coverage with the first dose of measles-containing vaccine (MCV1) for children aged 1 year to ≥90% nationally and ≥80% in every district; 2) reduce global annual measles incidence to <5 cases per million; and 3) reduce global measles mortality by 95% from the 2000 estimate. This report updates the 2000-2012 report and describes progress toward global control and regional measles elimination during 2000-2013. During this period, annual reported measles incidence declined 72% worldwide, from 146 to 40 per million population, and annual estimated measles deaths declined 75%, from 544,200 to 145,700. Four of six WHO regions have established regional verification commissions (RVCs); in the European (EUR) and Western Pacific regions (WPR), 19 member states successfully documented the absence of endemic measles. Resuming progress toward 2015 milestones and elimination goals will require countries and their partners to raise the visibility of measles elimination, address barriers to measles vaccination, and make substantial and sustained additional investments in strengthening health systems.
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Adolescent
Articles
Child
Child, Preschool
Disease Eradication
Global Health
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Measles
Measles Vaccine
Mortality
Young Adult

Source:
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014; 63(45):1034-1038.
Pubmed ID:
25393223
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5779499
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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