WHO European Region's strategy for elimination of measles and congenital rubella infection

F-X Hanon; J Spika John; S Wassilak Steven; N Emiroglu

doi:10.2807/esm.08.06.00415-en

WHO European Region's strategy for elimination of measles and congenital rubella infection

Euro Surveill. 2003 Jun;8(6):129-30. doi: 10.2807/esm.08.06.00415-en.

Authors

F-X Hanon¹, J Spika John, S Wassilak Steven, N Emiroglu

Affiliation

¹ World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark.

PMID: 12878802
DOI: 10.2807/esm.08.06.00415-en

Abstract

The WHO strategy for measles elimination in Europe includes the strengthening of surveillance and immunisation programmes in collaboration with European specific networks (EUVAC.NET and CCEE-Baltic) and Member States.

MeSH terms

Age Distribution
Antibodies, Viral / biosynthesis
Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control
Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data
Europe / epidemiology
Female
Humans
Immunization Programs
Incidence
Measles / epidemiology
Measles / prevention & control*
Measles Vaccine / therapeutic use*
Measles virus / immunology*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / prevention & control
Rubella Syndrome, Congenital / epidemiology
Rubella Syndrome, Congenital / prevention & control*
Rubella Vaccine / therapeutic use*
Rubella virus / immunology*
Sentinel Surveillance
World Health Organization*

Substances

Antibodies, Viral
Measles Vaccine
Rubella Vaccine