Measles and rubella officially eliminated: What does that mean?

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Measles and rubella officially eliminated: What does that mean?

22 November 2017

Mary Nowlan and Nikki Turner

Monday 20 November 2017, 01:58 PM

New Zealand has officially been declared by the WHO to have eliminated endemic measles and rubella

In this article, IMAC director Nikki Turner provides hot-off-the-press news from the WHO’s SAGE on Immunization which met recently in Geneva, and New Zealand’s recent measles and rubella elimination status and mumps outbreak

Historically, many countries used a single antigen measles vaccine without the rubella component In October, New Zealand was officially declared

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References

1. Meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization, April 2017 – conclusions and recommendations. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 2017 Jun 2;92(22):301–20.
2. Meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization, October 2017 – conclusions and recommendations. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 2016 Dec 2;91(48):561–82.
3. Measles and rubella global update, SAGE meeting Geneva, October 2017. Presentation by A Dabbagh.
4. Auckland Regional Public Health Service. Managing the mumps outbreak. Available online at http://www.arphs.govt.nz/managing-the-mumps-outbreak (accessed 19 October, 2017).

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