Progress Toward Measles Elimination - Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2013–2019

Goodson et al discuss the progress toward measles elimination in the Eastern Mediterranean Region from 2013-2019. In 1997, during the 41st session of the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean, the 21 countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) passe...

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Published in:MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2020, Vol.69 (15), p.439-445
Main Authors: Goodson, James L, Teleb, Nadia, Ashmony, Hossam, Musa, Nasrin, Ghoniem, Amany, Hassan, Quamrul, Waciqi, Abdul Shakoor, Mere, Mohammed Osama, Farid, Muhammad, Mukhtar, Hanan Elhag Abdo, Iqbal, Javed, Alexander, James P
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Business metrics
Diet
Dietary supplements
Epidemics
Immunization
Measles
Medical laboratories
Poliomyelitis
Regional development
Regional planning
Surveillance
Vaccines
Vitamin A
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Summary:Goodson et al discuss the progress toward measles elimination in the Eastern Mediterranean Region from 2013-2019. In 1997, during the 41st session of the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean, the 21 countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) passed a resolution to eliminate measles. In 2015, this goal was included as a priority in the Eastern Mediterranean Vaccine Action Plan 2016-2020 (EMVAP), endorsed at the 62nd session of the Regional Committee. To achieve this goal, the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean developed a four-pronged strategy including the initiation of high-quality, case-based surveillance in all countries and to provide optimal measles clinical case management, including dietary supplementation with vitamin A.
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X