Today the Measles Initiative has several announcements: Deaths from measles have decreased globally by 74% ! A new Lancet study published today estimates measles deaths at 535,000 in 2000. By 2010, in
Lions, known worldwide for their dedication to preserving sight, have joined the Measles Initiative in the effort to end measles. Through a challenge grant from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
It wasn’t in the news much, but Myanmar ran a nationwide measles vaccination campaign during the last ten days of March. The objective? To reach 6.4 million kids aged 9 months to 5 years with measle
Health workers in Myanmar are vaccinating almost six and a half million kids this week in an effort to protect all children under five from measles. Mid-way through the campaign, monitors are praising
Yemen is reporting encouraging results so far in a national campaign aimed at stopping the most deadly measles outbreak in years. In the first phase of the campaign from 10-15 March, health workers pl
The landscape of Nepal is breathtaking. You look around and take in the sheer size of what the Nepalis call “hills”. If you cast your eye upwards, and up yet again you might see the snow-capped Hi
Sub-saharan African countries are a lynchpin for measles control and recorded tremendous progress from 2000 to 2009, spurred by support from the Measles Initiative. This latest analysis from WHO’s A
Ghana introduced a second dose of measles into its routine immunization program on 1 February, through support from the GAVI Alliance. Ghana is amongst the first African countries to introduce a 2nd m
Measles continued to make a disturbing comeback in 2011, with several new and ongoing outbreaks of this vaccine-preventable virus. These included outbreaks in countries with some of the best, and, som
By: Robin Biellik, DrPH Measles disease is easy to diagnose and measles vaccine is cheap and accessible. So why are we seeing continued and, in some cases, increasing measles incidence in middle- and
Today the Measles Initiative has several announcements: Deaths from measles have decreased globally by 74% ! A new Lancet study published today estimates measles deaths at 535,000 in 2000. By 2010, in
Lions, known worldwide for their dedication to preserving sight, have joined the Measles Initiative in the effort to end measles. Through a challenge grant from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
It wasn’t in the news much, but Myanmar ran a nationwide measles vaccination campaign during the last ten days of March. The objective? To reach 6.4 million kids aged 9 months to 5 years with measle
Health workers in Myanmar are vaccinating almost six and a half million kids this week in an effort to protect all children under five from measles. Mid-way through the campaign, monitors are praising
Yemen is reporting encouraging results so far in a national campaign aimed at stopping the most deadly measles outbreak in years. In the first phase of the campaign from 10-15 March, health workers pl
The landscape of Nepal is breathtaking. You look around and take in the sheer size of what the Nepalis call “hills”. If you cast your eye upwards, and up yet again you might see the snow-capped Hi
Sub-saharan African countries are a lynchpin for measles control and recorded tremendous progress from 2000 to 2009, spurred by support from the Measles Initiative. This latest analysis from WHO’s A
Ghana introduced a second dose of measles into its routine immunization program on 1 February, through support from the GAVI Alliance. Ghana is amongst the first African countries to introduce a 2nd m
Measles continued to make a disturbing comeback in 2011, with several new and ongoing outbreaks of this vaccine-preventable virus. These included outbreaks in countries with some of the best, and, som
By: Robin Biellik, DrPH Measles disease is easy to diagnose and measles vaccine is cheap and accessible. So why are we seeing continued and, in some cases, increasing measles incidence in middle- and
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