Countries step up efforts to stop illness, deaths and reduce high costs of measles at home and abroad Measles Initiative press release Washington, Friday, December 2 2011 – A new report today de
It takes a remarkable, coordinated effort to immunize every child in a country over a matter of days or weeks. Every village and often, every household, must be mapped; thousands of health workers tra
Do you know the rubella vaccine? It’s the “R” at the end of MMR – the combination vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella that has protected millions of people globally from illness and death.
The following is the Measles Initiative’s statement welcoming the GAVI Alliance board’s decision on rubella and measles campaigns: Today the Measles Initiative applauds the GAVI Alliance board dec
This month three million young people in Laos are being immunized against measles and rubella in a nationwide campaign. The effort aims to dramatically reduce and even stop local transmission of the v
Somewhere in the world today the seven billionth human being was born. We’ll never know for certain, but that child was probably born in India, a country set to overtake China as the world’
Measles shouldn’t be making the news anymore. Why? Because the disease shouldn’t really even exist. Many experts agree that if most people were fully vaccinated against measles it could be eradica
The boy in this video describes the “invisible monster” that came through his village, to be chased away by the measles vaccine. He now waits to hear about the last measle. We can all do something
In a burst of unwelcome news late on a Friday afternoon, New Zealand media warned that “thousands” of people may have been exposed to the measles virus in Wellington over the last week, including
Welcome to the Measles Initiative’s official new blog. We aim to publish a range of information about measles elimination efforts around the world. You’ll find postings on the latest scientific in
It takes a remarkable, coordinated effort to immunize every child in a country over a matter of days or weeks. Every village and often, every household, must be mapped; thousands of health workers tra
Do you know the rubella vaccine? It’s the “R” at the end of MMR – the combination vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella that has protected millions of people globally from illness and death.
The following is the Measles Initiative’s statement welcoming the GAVI Alliance board’s decision on rubella and measles campaigns: Today the Measles Initiative applauds the GAVI Alliance board dec
This month three million young people in Laos are being immunized against measles and rubella in a nationwide campaign. The effort aims to dramatically reduce and even stop local transmission of the v
Somewhere in the world today the seven billionth human being was born. We’ll never know for certain, but that child was probably born in India, a country set to overtake China as the world’
The boy in this video describes the “invisible monster” that came through his village, to be chased away by the measles vaccine. He now waits to hear about the last measle. We can all do something
In a burst of unwelcome news late on a Friday afternoon, New Zealand media warned that “thousands” of people may have been exposed to the measles virus in Wellington over the last week, including
Welcome to the Measles Initiative’s official new blog. We aim to publish a range of information about measles elimination efforts around the world. You’ll find postings on the latest scientific in
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