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Global Measles Deaths Drop By 78%, But Resurgence Likely
Date:12/3/2009

es vaccination to all children and provide treatment for the disease. Reaching the 2010 goal will also require strengthening disease surveillance systems to rapidly detect and control outbreaks.

“Measles is incredibly resilient and our success is fragile,” said Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, Chairman of the American Red Cross. “If we drop our guard, this disease will regain a foothold and spread like wildfire once again. We must stay vigilant.”

The new data are published in the December 4 edition of the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Weekly Epidemiological Record and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Background
The Measles Initiative is a partnership committed to reducing measles deaths globally. Launched in 2001, the Initiative—led by the American Red Cross, the United Nations Foundation, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UNICEF and the World Health Organization—provides technical and financial support to governments and communities on vaccination campaigns and disease surveillance worldwide.

The Measles Initiative works with several key partners including Becton, Dickinson and Company, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, GAVI Alliance, Herman and Katherine Peters Foundation, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Izumi Foundation, Japanese Agency for Development Cooperation, Merck Co. Foundation, Monte dei Paschi Foundation, Vodafone Foundation, and countries and governments affected by measles.

For more information, contact:
Hayatee Hasan, WHO, Geneva, +41 22 791 2103, hasanh(at)who(dot)int
Christian Moen, UNICEF, New York, +1 212 326 7516, cmoen(at)unicef(dot)org
Steven Stewart, CDC, Atlanta, +1 404 639 8327, znc4(at)cdc(dot)gov

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