Sophie and Olive draw their week in India
When it comes to people in India, there are only big numbers. More than 1.2 billion people live in the country, and about 27 million children are born there every year. For measles control, India is also thinking big. Health workers are in the final phases of vaccinating 134 million kids from ages 9 months to … Read more
By Reindeer, Jeep and on Foot: Reaching Every Child in Mongolia
A remarkable photo story shows the efforts of health workers in Mongolia as they strive to reach every child with the measles and rubella vaccine. At times travelling by jeep, reindeer, rope-drawn ferry and foot, workers attempt to immunize nomadic herder communities who account for a quarter of the country’s children. The campaign, led by … Read more
Afghanistan vaccinates over 5.7 million children in combined measles and polio campaign
The coverage results are in, and show that the first round of a vaccination campaign in Afghanistan has already reached a remarkable 5.7 million children with measles vaccine. In mid-July, more than 27,000 health workers, volunteers and community mobilizers spanned 16 provinces in Afghanistan in a week-long drive to help stop transmission of measles and … Read more
Mass vaccination in Uganda: Lions Clubs dedication to eliminating measles
Notes from the field: a guest blog by Benjamin Futransky Lions, known worldwide for their dedication to preserving sight, have joined the Measles & Rubella Initiative in the effort to end measles. Benjamin Futransky, a Lions Clubs International Foundation staff member, recently traveled to Uganda while Lions Clubs members were actively involved in the country’s national … Read more
Measles mortality reduction: A successful global public health strategy
“Traveling through Africa in 2000 to assess the needs and begin to devise a plan, I was shocked to see every hospital had an entire ward for children with serious measles complications. Large numbers of beds were crowded into small areas occupied by children in their last phase of life.”
The latest news from the Measles & Rubella Initiative
New data, a new plan and a new video – just some of the recent news from the Measles & Rubella Initiative.
Impatient Optimists profile Laos’ efforts to stop measles and rubella
It takes a remarkable, coordinated effort to immunize every child in a country over a matter of days or weeks. Every village and often, every household, must be mapped; thousands of health workers trained, every community engaged, and millions of doses of vaccine transported and kept cool – sometimes in places with no power. And … Read more
Measles Initiative Hails GAVI Decision To Fund Rubella Campaigns
The following is the Measles Initiative’s statement welcoming the GAVI Alliance board’s decision on rubella and measles campaigns: 17 November 2011 Today the Measles Initiative applauds the GAVI Alliance board decision to fund rubella campaigns in the countrieswith the greatest need. The decision will result in the introduction of a combined Measles and Rubella (MR) … Read more
Is our 7 billionth human a fifth child?
Somewhere in the world today the seven billionth human being was born. We’ll never know for certain, but that child was probably born in India, a country set to overtake China as the world’s most populous. Thanks to incredible advances in health she has a much better chance to live a longer life than her … Read more
Waiting for the Last Measle…
The boy in this video describes the “invisible monster” that came through his village, to be chased away by the measles vaccine. He now waits to hear about the last measle. We can all do something to hasten the elimination of measles. Visit http://www.measlesinitiative.org to find out more. You can watch more measles-related videos on … Read more
