Progress Toward Rubella Elimination - World Health Organization South-East Asia Region, 2013-2021
This report updates a previous report and describes progress toward rubella elimination in SEAR during 2013-2021 (2). During 2013-2021, six SEAR countries introduced RCV; all countries in the Region now use RCV in routine immunization. Routine immunization coverage with the first dose of a rubella-containing vaccine (RCV1) increased >600%, from 12% during 2013 to 86% during 2021, and an estimated 515 million persons were vaccinated via RCV supplementary immunization activities (SIAs)¶ during 2013-2021. During this time, annual reported rubella incidence declined by 80%, from 5.5 to 1.1 cases per million population. Mal...
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - June 22, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Sudhir Khanal Sunil Bahl Lucky Sangal Deepak Dhongde Patrick Michael O'Connor Natasha S Crowcroft Michelle Morales Source Type: research
Progress Toward Rubella Elimination - World Health Organization South-East Asia Region, 2013-2021
This report updates a previous report and describes progress toward rubella elimination in SEAR during 2013-2021 (2). During 2013-2021, six SEAR countries introduced RCV; all countries in the Region now use RCV in routine immunization. Routine immunization coverage with the first dose of a rubella-containing vaccine (RCV1) increased >600%, from 12% during 2013 to 86% during 2021, and an estimated 515 million persons were vaccinated via RCV supplementary immunization activities (SIAs)¶ during 2013-2021. During this time, annual reported rubella incidence declined by 80%, from 5.5 to 1.1 cases per million population. Mal...
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - June 22, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Sudhir Khanal Sunil Bahl Lucky Sangal Deepak Dhongde Patrick Michael O'Connor Natasha S Crowcroft Michelle Morales Source Type: research
Progress Toward Rubella Elimination - World Health Organization South-East Asia Region, 2013-2021
This report updates a previous report and describes progress toward rubella elimination in SEAR during 2013-2021 (2). During 2013-2021, six SEAR countries introduced RCV; all countries in the Region now use RCV in routine immunization. Routine immunization coverage with the first dose of a rubella-containing vaccine (RCV1) increased >600%, from 12% during 2013 to 86% during 2021, and an estimated 515 million persons were vaccinated via RCV supplementary immunization activities (SIAs)¶ during 2013-2021. During this time, annual reported rubella incidence declined by 80%, from 5.5 to 1.1 cases per million population. Mal...
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - June 22, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Sudhir Khanal Sunil Bahl Lucky Sangal Deepak Dhongde Patrick Michael O'Connor Natasha S Crowcroft Michelle Morales Source Type: research
Progress Toward Rubella Elimination - World Health Organization South-East Asia Region, 2013-2021
This report updates a previous report and describes progress toward rubella elimination in SEAR during 2013-2021 (2). During 2013-2021, six SEAR countries introduced RCV; all countries in the Region now use RCV in routine immunization. Routine immunization coverage with the first dose of a rubella-containing vaccine (RCV1) increased >600%, from 12% during 2013 to 86% during 2021, and an estimated 515 million persons were vaccinated via RCV supplementary immunization activities (SIAs)¶ during 2013-2021. During this time, annual reported rubella incidence declined by 80%, from 5.5 to 1.1 cases per million population. Mal...
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - June 22, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Sudhir Khanal Sunil Bahl Lucky Sangal Deepak Dhongde Patrick Michael O'Connor Natasha S Crowcroft Michelle Morales Source Type: research
