Measles cases globally increased by 20 per cent to over 10.3 million cases in 2023, compared to nine million cases recorded in 2022.<\/p>\n
The publication is the \u201c2024 WHO-CDC Measles Report and the State of Measles Vaccination in Lower-income Countries.\u201d<\/p>\n
The report showed deaths from measles dropped to 107,500 from 116,800, an eight per cent decline compared to 2022 figures.<\/p>\n
According to the report, 57 countries experienced outbreaks in 2023, revealing gaps in vaccine coverage.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfrican countries have, however, exhibited resilience and increased vaccine coverage by two percentage points to 70 per cent amid a rising birth cohort and competing public health priorities,\u201d the report revealed.<\/p>\n
Measles is a highly contagious, serious airborne disease caused by a virus that can lead to severe complications and death. It requires at least 95 per cent vaccine coverage with two doses of measles or rubella vaccine to prevent outbreaks.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe continuing trend of measles outbreaks in low-income countries as well as high-and middle-income countries is a stark reminder of the ongoing need to address gaps in coverage everywhere,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
It noted that the measles-containing vaccine is safe, effective and inexpensive, adding that highly effective measles vaccination campaigns are needed to supplement routine immunisation.<\/p>\n
Children are required to receive two doses of the vaccine to ensure immunity: the first routine dose usually at nine months and the second dose at 15 to 18 months of age.<\/p>\n
Nigeria is among 24 countries whose applications for catch-up and follow-up campaigns were approved by Gavi\u2019s Independent Review Committee (IRC), of experts, aiming to reach over 100 million children in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Measles cases globally increased by 20 per cent to over 10.3 million cases in 2023, compared to nine million cases recorded in 2022. The data was released in a joint publication by the World Health Organisation (WHO), and the United States Centres for Disease Control (CDC), on Thursday. The publication is the \u201c2024 WHO-CDC Measles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":56031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56029"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56044,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56029\/revisions\/56044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}