GLOBAL CONTROL AND REGIONAL ELIMINATION OF MEASLES, 2000-2012.

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[source]Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER)[|source]

In 2010, the World Health Assembly established three milestones towards global measles eradication to be reached by 2015. Since that time, elimination goals have been set by member states of all six World Health Organization (WHO) regions, and reaching measles elimination in four WHO regions by 2015 is an objective of the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP).

In this report, updates of the previous report for 2000–2011 are provided. The report describes progress toward global control and regional elimination of measles during 2000–2012. During this period, the report documents increases in routine MCV coverage, plus supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) reaching 145 million children in 2012, leading to a 77% decrease in worldwide estimates of annual measles incidence, from 146 to 33 per million population, and a 78% decline in estimated annual measles deaths, from 562,400 to 122,000. More details are available at: http://www.who.int/wer/2014/wer8906.pdf?ua=1http://www.who.int/wer/2014/wer8906.pdf?ua=1

 

 ABSTRACT

In 2010, the World Health Assembly established three milestones toward global measles eradication to be reached by 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 and maintain annual measles incidence at <5 cases per million, and 3) reduce measles mortality by 95% from the 2000 estimate. After the adoption by member states of the South-East Asia Region (SEAR) of the goal of measles elimination by 2020, elimination goals have been set by member states of all six World Health Organization (WHO) regions, and reaching measles elimination in four WHO regions by 2015 is an objective of the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP). This report updates the previous report for 2000-2011 and describes progress toward global control and regional elimination of measles during 2000-2012. During this period, increases in routine MCV coverage, plus supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) reaching 145 million children in 2012, led to a 77% decrease worldwide in reported measles annual incidence, from 146 to 33 per million population, and a 78% decline in estimated annual measles deaths, from 562,400 to 122,000. Compared with a scenario of no vaccination, an estimated 13.8 million deaths were prevented by measles vaccination during 2000-2012. Achieving the 2015 targets and elimination goals will require countries and their partners to raise the visibility of measles elimination and make substantial and sustained additional investments in strengthening health systems.

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