The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is perennially near the top of the list of countries with confirmed cases of measles each year, resulting in one of the highest disease burdens in the world. A
Part 1. When Grace Melia found out she was pregnant with her first child it came as a shock. She and her boyfriend Adit had not been seeing each other long and had never discussed marriage, let alone
A nationwide vaccination campaign is being conducted in Somalia to protect millions of children against the potentially deadly effects of measles. The WHO, UNICEF, national and local health authoritie
In 2017 Europe experienced a fourfold increase in measles cases across the region. Up from 5,273 in 2016 more than 21,000 confirmed measles cases and 35 deaths were recorded across ten European countr
Joint news release CDC/GAVI/UNICEF/WHO 26 OCTOBER 2017 | GENEVA │ NEW YORK │ ATLANTA – In 2016, an estimated 90 000 people died from measles – an 84% drop from more than 550 000 deaths in 2000
Joint news release CDC/GAVI/UNICEF/WHO 26 OCTOBER 2017 | GENEVA │ NEW YORK │ ATLANTA – In 2016, an estimated 90 000 people died from measles – an 84% drop from more than 550 000 deaths in 2000
2016 was a year of victory and challenge in the global fight against measles and rubella. From 2000 through the end of 2015, measles vaccines saved an estimated 20.3 million lives. All six WHO regions