Giuseppe
Emeritus
Spotlight on measles 2010: Measles elimination in Europe ? a new commitment to meet the goal by 2015 (Abstract, edited)
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 50, 16 December 2010
Editorials
Spotlight on measles 2010: Measles elimination in Europe ? a new commitment to meet the goal by 2015
I Steffens 1, R Martin 2, P L Lopalco 1
1. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
2. Communicable Diseases Unit, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation style for this article: Steffens I, Martin R, Lopalco PL. Spotlight on measles 2010: Measles elimination in Europe ? a new commitment to meet the goal by 2015. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(50)
ii=19749. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19749
Date of submission: 15 December 2010
In September 2010, the 53 member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region met in Moscow, Russia, and adopted a resolution to renew their commitment to the elimination of measles and rubella and the prevention of congenital rubella syndrome by 2015 [1]. While great progress has been made towards measles and rubella elimination in the Region, with some countries interrupting endemic transmission of one or both of the diseases, the public health community had to come to terms with the fact that 2010 will not be the year when measles and rubella elimination is achieved in the European Region. As experience from the Americas shows, it is technically feasible to eliminate measles with a defined strategy [2]. So why has the goal not yet been reached in Europe?
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[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 50, 16 December 2010
Editorials
Spotlight on measles 2010: Measles elimination in Europe ? a new commitment to meet the goal by 2015
I Steffens 1, R Martin 2, P L Lopalco 1
1. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
2. Communicable Diseases Unit, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation style for this article: Steffens I, Martin R, Lopalco PL. Spotlight on measles 2010: Measles elimination in Europe ? a new commitment to meet the goal by 2015. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(50)
ii=19749. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19749Date of submission: 15 December 2010
In September 2010, the 53 member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region met in Moscow, Russia, and adopted a resolution to renew their commitment to the elimination of measles and rubella and the prevention of congenital rubella syndrome by 2015 [1]. While great progress has been made towards measles and rubella elimination in the Region, with some countries interrupting endemic transmission of one or both of the diseases, the public health community had to come to terms with the fact that 2010 will not be the year when measles and rubella elimination is achieved in the European Region. As experience from the Americas shows, it is technically feasible to eliminate measles with a defined strategy [2]. So why has the goal not yet been reached in Europe?
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