Feasibility assessment of measles and rubella eradication. Issue 27 (16th June 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Moss, William J.; Shendale, Stephanie; Lindstrand, Ann; O'Brien, Katherine L.; Turner, Nikki; Goodman, Tracey; Kretsinger, Katrina
• Is Part Of: Vaccine. Volume 39:Issue 27(2021)
• Page Start: 3544
• Page End: 3559
• Publication Date: 2021-06-16
• Subjects: Measles -- Rubella -- Eradication -- Elimination -- World Health Organization; Vaccines -- Periodicals; 615.372
• DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.04.027
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0264-410X

Abstract

Abstract: This report addresses the epidemiological aspects and feasibility of measles and rubella eradication and the potential resource requirements in response to the request of the Director-General at the Seventieth World Health Assembly held on May 31, 2017. A guiding principle is that the path toward measles and rubella eradication should serve to strengthen primary health care, promote universal health coverage, and be a pathfinder for new vision and strategy for immunization over the next decade as laid out in the Immunization Agenda 2030. Specifically, this report: 1) highlights the importance of measles and rubella as global health priorities; 2) reviews the current global measles and rubella situation; 3) summarizes prior assessments of the feasibility of measles and rubella eradication; 4) assesses the progress and challenges in achieving regional measles and rubella elimination; 5) assesses additional considerations for measles and rubella eradication, including the results of modelling and economic analyses; 6) assesses the implications of establishing a measles and rubella eradication goal and the process for setting an eradication target date; 7) proposes a framework for determining preconditions for setting a target date for measles and rubella eradication and how these preconditions should be understood and used; and 8) concludes with recommendations endorsed by SAGE.