ELIMINATION OF RUBELLA AND CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME IN THE AMERICAS

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[source]Journal of Infectious Diseases[|source]

Full text description of interventions used to eliminate Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome. Emphasis is put on wide age supplemental immunization with RCV, introduction of the vaccine into routine immunization programming, establishment of rubella/CRS surveillance systems and introduction of a 2nd routine measles vaccination dose. Report confirms that a country can eliminate Rubella/CRS with or without introducing a second routine dose. Details available at: http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/204/suppl_2/S571.full.pdf+html

Abstract

In 2003, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) adopted a resolution calling for rubella and congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) elimination in the Americas by the year 2010. To accomplish this goal, PAHO advanced a rubella and CRS elimination strategy including introduction of rubella-containing vaccines into routine vaccination programs accompanied by high immunization coverage, interruption of rubella transmission through mass vaccination of adolescents and adults, and strengthened surveillance for rubella and CRS. The rubella elimination strategies were aligned with the successful measles elimination strategies. By the end of 2009, all countries routinely vaccinated children against rubella, an estimated 450 million people had been vaccinated against measles and rubella in supplementary immunization activities, and rubella transmission had been interrupted. This article describes how the region eliminated rubella and CRS.

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