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Progress toward measles elimination--Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2008-2012.
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report - 13 Jun 2014
Teleb Nadia, Lebo Emmaculate, Ahmed Hinda, Hossam Abdel Rahman, El Sayed El Tayeb, Dabbagh Alya, Strebel Peter, Rota Paul, Alexander James
Abstract excerpt
In 1997, the 22 countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) adopted a goal of measles elimination by 2010. To achieve this goal, the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO) developed a four-pronged strategy: 1) achieve ≥ 95% vaccination coverage of children with the first dose of measles-containing vaccine (MCV1) in every district of each country...
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