Emmi Herman is a children’s author and a presenter at the 2015 Measles & Rubella Partnership meeting, which is going on this week at the American Red Cross headquarters in Washington D.C. Below
This Friday, April 24th starts World Immunization Week. This year’s campaign focuses on closing the immunization gap and reaching equity in immunization levels as outlined in the Global Vaccine Acti
In 2011, 107 measles cases required tracing almost 17,000 people. In 2014, there were 644 measles cases in the U.S., the largest number since the year 2000. Investigating the 107 measles cases in 2011
By: Dr Asha Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the Kenya Red Cross. This blog is adapted from a speech given at the Gavi pledging conference in Berlin, on 27th January 2015. Watch it in full here.
Context In 2014, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone experienced an unprecedented Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak. By the end of 2014, the three countries had reported a total of 20,206 cases1. The ou
The measles robbed the landscape of our wonder years, broke in like a burglar and stole a normal sibling relationship right from under our feet. At the end of February 1960, my sister, a precocious, h
This is the second in a two part series on Kimberly Cowley, a 50+year survivor of Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS). Kim reached out to the Measles & Rubella Partnership with to tell her story. A
This is the first in a two part series on Kimberly Cowley, a 50+year survivor of Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS). Kim reached out to the Measles & Rubella Partnership to tell her story. A fierce
Susan Reef, M.D., is the Rubella Team Lead of the Global Immunization Division at the Centers for Disease Control based in Atlanta, Georgia. When I started focusing on rubella in 1994, it was main
The measles debate has reached fever pitch in the United States after an outbreak that began in December at Disneyland in southern California. Many media outlets and politicians have focused on the co