Search

Introduction Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease that requires high population immunity for transmission to be interrupted. All six World Health Organization (WHO) regions have committed to eliminating measles [...]

Introduction The Expanded Program on Immunization was established by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1974 to ensure that every infant in the world received vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, [...]

After the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in late 2019, transmission expanded globally, and on January 30, 2020, COVID-19 was declared a public health emergency of international concern. * Analysis of the [...]

All six World Health Organization (WHO) regions have committed to eliminating measles. * The Immunization Agenda 2021-2030 (IA2030) ([dagger]) aims to achieve the regional targets as a core indicator of [...]

In 2012, the World Health Assembly endorsed the Global Vaccine Action Plan, * with the objective of eliminating measles ([dagger]) in five of the six World Health Organization (WHO) regions [...]

Endorsed by the World Health Assembly in 2020, the Immunization Agenda 2030 strives to reduce morbidity and mortality from vaccine-preventable diseases across the life course (1). This report, which updates [...]

In 2010, the World Health Assembly (WHA) set the following three milestones for measles control to be achieved by 2015: 1) increase routine coverage with the first dose of measles-containing [...]

In 2010, the World Health Assembly (WHA) set the following three milestones for measles control to be achieved by 2015: 1) increase routine coverage with the first dose of measles-containing [...]

Endorsed by the World Health Assembly in 2012, the Global Vaccine Action Plan 2011-2020 (GVAP) (1) calls on all countries to reach [greater than or equal to]90% national coverage with [...]

Endorsed by the World Health Assembly in 2012, the Global Vaccine Action Plan 2011-2020 (GVAP) (1) calls on all countries to reach [greater than or equal to] 90% national coverage [...]

The Global Vaccine Action Plan 2011-2020 (GVAP) (1), endorsed by the World Health Assembly in 2012, calls on all countries to reach [greater than or equal to] 90% national coverage [...]

The fourth United Nations Millennium Development Goal, adopted in 2000, set a target to reduce child mortality by two thirds by 2015. One indicator of progress toward this target was [...]

In 1974, the World Health Organization (WHO) established the Expanded Program on Immunization * to provide protection against six vaccine-preventable diseases through routine infant immunization (1). Based on 2015 WHO [...]

Adopted in 2000, United Nations Millennium Development Goal 4 set a target to reduce child mortality by two thirds by 2015, with measles vaccination coverage as one of the progress [...]

In 2012, the World Health Assembly endorsed the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) * with the objective to eliminate measles and rubella in five World Health Organization (WHO) regions by [...]

The year 2014 marked the 40 th anniversary of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Expanded Program on Immunization, which was established to ensure equitable access to routine immunization services (1). [...]

In 2000, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), with MDG4 being a two-thirds reduction in child mortality by 2015, and with measles vaccination coverage being [...]

Rubella virus usually causes a mild fever and rash in children and adults. However, infection during pregnancy, especially during the first trimester, can result in miscarriage, fetal death, stillbirth, or [...]

In 1974, the World Health Organization (WHO) established the Expanded Program on Immunization to ensure that all children have access to routinely recommended vaccines (1). Since then, global coverage with [...]

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 [...]

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) [...]

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) are safe and effective for reducing illness and deaths caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (1). Recommendations for PCV use from the World Health Organization (WHO) (1,2) and [...]

Widespread use of measles vaccine since 1980 has led to a substantial decline in global measles morbidity and mortality; measles elimination * has been achieved and sustained in the World [...]

In 1980, before widespread global use of measles vaccine, an estimated 2.6 million measles deaths occurred worldwide (1). In 2001, to accelerate the reduction in measles cases achieved by vaccination, [...]