Measles cases spike globally due to gaps in vaccination coverage
Reported measles cases spiked in 2017, as multiple countries experienced severe and protracted outbreaks of the disease. This is...
Measles cases hit record high in the European Region
Over 41 000 children and adults in the WHO European Region have been infected with measles in the first 6 months of 2018. The total...
Europe observes a 4-fold increase in measles cases in 2017 compared to previous year
Measles has rebounded in the WHO European Region. The disease affected 21 315 people and caused 35 deaths in 2017, following a record low...
Substantial decline in global measles deaths, but disease still kills 90 000 per year
In 2016, an estimated 90 000 people died from measles – an 84% drop from more than 550 000 deaths in 2000 – according to a new report...
Bhutan, Maldives eliminate measles
Bhutan and Maldives have eliminated measles, a highly infectious disease that is a major childhood killer globally. The two countries...
Measles outbreaks threaten progress towards elimination
Over 500 measles cases were reported for January 2017 in the WHO European Region. Measles continues to spread within and among European...
Measles update - Western Cape, South Africa
The Western Cape health department has vaccinated 15 500 students and children against measles in Stellenbosch and Drakenstein this month...
India’s measles-rubella vaccination campaign a big step towards reducing childhood mortality, addres
World Health Organization congratulates India for launching one of the world’s largest vaccination campaign against measles, a major...
Millions of children to receive measles vaccine in north-eastern Nigeria
A mass vaccination campaign to protect more than 4 million children (4 766 214) against a measles outbreak in conflict-affected states in...
Measles jab saves over 20 million young lives in 15 years, but hundreds of children still die of the
Despite a 79% worldwide decrease in measles deaths between 2000 and 2015, nearly 400 children still die from the disease every day,...