Drive to eliminate measles in Central América

This impressive and rapid reduc ti on in disease burden, resultin g from in cre a sed coverage wi th th e measles vaccine an d its app li ca ti on in mass campai g ns, paved the way

The total number of jungle yellow fever cases resented the end of an epidemic that had taken in the Americas in 1983 was one of the lowest in place in the Santa

To take note of Resolution XVII adopted by the Executive Committee at its 76th Meeting. To urge the Director to seek further extrabudgetary funds for increasing

and eliminate neonatal tetanus; an im- proved measles vaccine suitable for admin- istration early in life; and a thermostable oral poliovirus vaccine that will

If a of measles in the Region; the number of probable case is clinically and epidemio- cases reported since the previous issue, logically compatible with a

This was the first demon- reinforce the routine delivery of measles stration of the feasibility of interrupting vaccine in all health facilities and to con-

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TABLE 1 - Notiied rash illness episodes with positive serological tests for measles IgM antibodies in the absence of documented measles virus transmission, according to