Monday, 26th of May 2008 |
CSU 23/2008: MEASLES PRE-ELIMINATION GOAL
PRE-ELIMINATION OF MEASLES, WHO/AFRO
Until quite recently, the African region of WHO has been committed to measles mortality reduction through measles control. In a meeting just concluded, it Technical Advisory Group has called for a pre-elimination goal. The full report, available in .pdf form from this writer, is also
soon to appear on the WHO/AFRO webpage.
Here are the TAG recommendations on pre-elimination. The last could be the first. No elimination initiative can go forward without a realistic price tag.
Good reading.
BD
14. TAG strongly recommends the adoption of a “pre-elimination regional goal” to be achieved by end-2012. This goal should consist of the following targets:
98% mortality reduction by 2012 as compared to estimates for 2000;
Measles incidence <5 cases/106 population/year at national level in all countries;
90% routine MCV1 coverage at national level, and 80% in all districts;
95% SIAs coverage in all districts;
Measles surveillance performance:
Non-measles febrile rash illness rate of 2.0 cases per 100,000 population per year;
≥1 suspected measles case investigated with blood specimens in at least 80% of districts per year; and
Routine district reporting from 100% of districts.
15. TAG also recommends that the experience with measles elimination in 7 Southern African countries during the late 1990s and early 2000s should be fully documented in order to understand the reasons for the resurgence of measles in subsequent years.
16. In accordance with progress towards the “pre-elimination” targets, TAG recommends that WHO and partner agencies should advocate with member states for the establishment of an eventual elimination goal.
17. WHO/AFRO should reconvene another African Regional Measles TAG meeting in 2010, to review progress towards the “pre-elimination”
targets.
18. TAG recommends that WHO and partner agencies should conduct a comprehensive costing of a regional elimination goal, and present
the results the next TAG meeting.
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