Progress Toward Regional Measles Elimination — Worldwide, 2000–2013

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 thre...

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Published in:MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2014-11, Vol.63 (45), p.1034-1038
Main Authors: Perry, Robert T., Gacic-Dobo, Marta, Dabbagh, Alya, Mulders, Mick N., Strebel, Peter M., Okwo-Bele, Jean-Marie, Rota, Paul A., Goodson, James L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Anthelmintics
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Death
Disease Eradication
Disease prevention
Global health
Global Health - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Immunization
Incidence
Infant
Measles
Measles - epidemiology
Measles - prevention & control
Measles Vaccine - administration & dosage
Mortality
Mortality - trends
Oral poliovirus vaccine
Public health
Rubella
Vaccination
Vaccines
Vitamin A
Young Adult
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Summary: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
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X