Eliminating Measles And Rubella And Preventing Congenital Rubella Infection

Download or read book Eliminating Measles and Rubella and Preventing Congenital Rubella Infection written by World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe and published by WHO Regional Office Europe. This book was released on 2005-11-20 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strengthening national immunization systems is an important goal in the WHO European Region as immunization saves lives. The WHO Regional Office for Europe launched a strategic plan in 2002 to eliminate measles and prevent congenital rubella infection, and in 2005 expanded it to include the elimination of rubella as well. This report indicates that, by the progress already made, these objectives are possible. It identifies key strategies and actions for countries to adopt, and indicators to use to measure progress, if they want to meet the targets by 2010.