Measles and rubella officially eliminated: What does that mean?

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Measles and rubella officially eliminated: What does that mean?

Friday 24 November 2017, 02:13 PM

New Zealand has officially been declared by the WHO to have eliminated endemic measles and rubella

In this article, IMAC director Nikki Turner provides hot-off-the-press news from the WHO’s SAGE on Immunization which met recently in Geneva, and New Zealand’s recent measles and rubella elimination status and mumps outbreak

Historically, many countries used a single antigen measles vaccine without the rubella component In October, New Zealand was officially declared

Infectious Disease

Vaccination

References

1. Meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization, April 2017 – conclusions and recommendations. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 2017 Jun 2;92(22):301–20.
2. Meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization, October 2017 – conclusions and recommendations. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 2016 Dec 2;91(48):561–82.
3. Measles and rubella global update, SAGE meeting Geneva, October 2017. Presentation by A Dabbagh.
4. Auckland Regional Public Health Service. Managing the mumps outbreak. Available online at http://www.arphs.govt.nz/managing-the-mumps-outbreak (accessed 19 October, 2017).

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