SEVEN ITEMS ON MEASLES ERADICATION: W.H.O. SOUTHEAST REGION COMMITS TO MEASLES ELIMINATION BY 2020, WASHINGTON MEASLES & RUBELLA ADVOCACY MEETING

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Last week, the member states of WHOs Southeast Asia Region voted to eliminate measles from their region by 2020. With this resolution, all six of WHOs regions are committed to time bound elimination of measles.

http://www.searo.who.int/mediacentre/releases/2013/pr1565/en/index.html 

The measles/rubella meeting held in Washington last week featured a panel discussion on major partner perspectives on the topic “measles and rubella, 2020 and beyond.” Here are notes from their discussions.

http://www.childsurvival.net/?content=com_articles&artid=2446

PRESENTATIONS FROM THE WASHINGTON MEETING

Last week, the American Red Cross hosted a meeting of measles/rubella partners at its Washington headquarters. All the PowerPoint presentations from that meeting are available at

http://www.measlesrubellainitiative.org/resources/reports/presentations/


Below, a selection of some presentations from the Washington meeting. 
 

http://www.measlesrubellainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/7-GAVI-support-Measles-Ruvella-Immunization.ppt

http://www.measlesrubellainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/1-AFR-priorities-to-reach-the-2020-measles-elimination-goal.pptx

http://www.measlesrubellainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/13-SIAs-and-routine-immunization.ppt

http://www.measlesrubellainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/6-mobiliation-for-successful-measles-SIAs.ppt