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POLIO COMPARED TO MEASLES

 CSU 5/2008: POLIO COMPARED TO MEASLES/ACPE PRESENTATION/WHO POLIO RESOLUTION   1) RESPONSE TO READER QUERY: POLIO COMPARED TO MEASLES  In the first update of 2008, I asked readers for their views on the similarities and differences between p ... read more

EQUALITY OF ACCESS FOR MEASLES VACCINATION/ AEROSO ...

CHILD SURVIVAL UPDATE 13/2008: THREE ON MEASLES/READER FEEDBACK   1) HIGHER MEASLES VACCINATION COVERAGE AND EQUALITY OF ACCESS  In their review of data from 21 Demographic and Health Surveys (first attachment), Meheus a ... read more

BAD PRACTICES IN MEASLES VACCINATION

                             CSU 08/2010: Bad Practices in Measles Vaccination As the world moves towards ... read more

SEASONALITY AND THE PERSISTENCE AND INVASION OF ME ...

 CHILD SURVIVAL UPDATE 32/2008: SEASONALITY AND THE PERSISTENCE AND INVASION OF MEASLESThe UN believes that more than half the world's people now live in townsand cities. It is therefore incumbent on those working in measles mortalityreductio ... read more

FEASIBILITY OF MEASLES ERADICATION

Meeting in Geneva last November, WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts pronounced on several aspects of the work of EPI. The summary conclusions of the SAGE, in French and English, are available at http://www.who.int/wer/2011/wer8601_02. ... read more

LOW TITERS OF MEASLES ANTIBODY IN MOTHERS WHOSE IN ...

  ‘The mean measles neutralizing titer in 18 vaccinated mothers without natural boosting were significantly lower than that in 13 age-match women with the histories of clinical measles.’ Are these results unique to China? Probably ... read more

MONITORING PROGRESS TOWARDS MEASLES ELIMINATION

CSU 14: MONITORING PROGRESS TOWARDS MEASLES ELIMINATION  ‘As of 2010, the WHO Region of the Americas has eliminated measles, and 4 of the remaining 5 Regions have adopted a measles-elimination target of or before 2020. In addition, the Wo ... read more

MEASLES AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS

 MEASLES AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS  Complete text, with figures, is at http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19764   Related articles Spotlight on measles 2010: An ongoing outbreak of measles in an unvaccina ... read more