Measles vaccination: global progress local challenges

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Measles vaccination: global progress local challenges

The Lancet

Published: 19 November 2016

On Nov 10 2016 Progress Toward Regional Measles Elimination–Worldwide 2000–2015 was published jointly by UNICEF WHO Gavi and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The publication reports on progress made towards achieving UN Millennium Development Goal 4 set in 2000 to reduce child mortality through measures including the elimination of measles in four of six WHO regions.