Progress Toward Regional Measles Elimination — Worldwide, 2000–2019

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Patel, Minal K. ; Goodson, James L. ; Alexander, James P. ; Kretsinger, Katrina ; Sodha, Samir V. ; Steulet, Claudia ; Gacic-Dobo, Marta ; Rota, Paul A. ; McFarland, Jeffrey ; Menning, Lisa ; Mulders, Mick N. ; Crowcroft, Natasha S.
• Description:
  In 2010, the World Health Assembly (WHA) set the following three milestones for measles control to be achieved by 2015: 1) increase routine coverage with the first dose of measles-containing vaccine (MCV1) among children aged 1 year to ≥90% at the national level and to ≥80% in every district, 2) reduce global annual measles incidence to <5 cases per 1 million population, and 3) reduce global measles Mortality by 95% from the 2000 estimate* (1). In 2012, WHA endorsed the Global Vaccine Action Plan,| with the objective of eliminating measles| in five of the six World Health Organization (WHO) regions by 2020. This report describes progress toward WHA milestones and regional measles elimination during 2000-2019 and updates a previous report (2). During 2000-2010, estimated MCV1 coverage increased globally from 72% to 84% but has since plateaued at 84%-85%. All countries conducted measles Surveillance; however, approximately half did not achieve the sensitivity indicator target of two or more discarded measles and rubella cases per 100,000 population. Annual reported measles incidence decreased 88%, from 145 to 18 cases per 1 million population during 2000-2016; the lowest incidence occurred in 2016, but by 2019 incidence had risen to 120 cases per 1 million population. During 2000-2019, the annual number of estimated measles deaths decreased 62%, from 539,000 to 207,500; an estimated 25.5 million measles deaths were averted. To drive progress toward the regional measles elimination targets, additional strategies are needed to help countries reach all children with 2 doses of measles-containing vaccine, identify and close immunity gaps, and improve Surveillance.
• Subjects:
  Disease Eradication Full Report Global Health Goals Humans Immunization Programs Incidence Infant Measles Measles Vaccine
• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 69(45):1700-1705
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  33180759
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7660667
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• Volume:
  69
• Issue:
  45
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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