From control to elimination: the research agenda for measles

Five out of 6 WHO regions have set time-limited goals to move from regional measles mortality reduction to the regional elimination of indigenous transmission. Despite the abundance of research, there are a number of unanswered questions as we move towards a goal of measles elimination, many of whic...

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Published inThe Pan African medical journal Vol. 5; no. 11; p. 11
Main Author Biellik, Robin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Uganda African Field Epidemiology Network 12.05.2010
The Pan African Medical Journal
Subjects
Control
Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control
Elimination
Epidemiologic Research Design
Humans
Immunization Programs
Life Sciences
Measles
Measles - epidemiology
Measles - prevention & control
Measles - virology
Measles Vaccine
Population Surveillance
Vaccination - utilization
Vaccine
World Health Organization
Control
Vaccine
Research
Measles
Elimination
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Summary:Five out of 6 WHO regions have set time-limited goals to move from regional measles mortality reduction to the regional elimination of indigenous transmission. Despite the abundance of research, there are a number of unanswered questions as we move towards a goal of measles elimination, many of which will be critical to achieving the elimination goal. We present here a list of research priorities from a programmatic and operational perspective
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ISSN:1937-8688
1937-8688