Infants and young children most at risk of fatal complications, health agencies warn Shatshi Luki holds her son Kombo Kanda as a nurse prepares to vaccinate him against measles at a UNICEF-supported v
A few short weeks ago the world learned that for the first time ever that more than two thirds of the world’s children were protected against rubella and that 80 countries had effectively eliminated
Background In February 2019, a measles outbreak was declared by the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) for the National Capital Region (NCR), Region III, Region IVA, Region VI, and Region VII. As a
For the first time, more than half of all the world’s infants are protected against the debilitating rubella virus, according to a new study by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Sta
The 2019 Measles & Rubella Partnership (M&RP) Partners’ Meeting was held on September 11th and 12th in Washington, DC. The meeting brought together over 100 participants from the 32 o
On September 24, 2019 at the United Nations General Assembly, the President of Colombia, Iván Duque received the Measles & Rubella Leadership Award from the World Health Organization (WHO
Measles is one of the world’s most contagious diseases, with the potential to be extremely severe. In 2017, the most recent year for which estimates are available, measles caused approximately 110,0
20 million children worldwide – more than 1 in 10 – missed out on lifesaving vaccines such as measles, diphtheria and tetanus in 2018, according to new data from WHO and UNICEF. Most unvaccinated
WHO announced in July that Sri Lanka has eliminated measles, interrupting transmission of the indigenous virus that causes the killer childhood disease. An independent verification committee reviewed
Dr. Walter Orenstein, Professor of Infectious Diseases at the Emory University School of Medicine, was recently interviewed on the Critically Speaking Podcast. He discussed the benefits of vaccines an