Meeting: Progress Toward Rubella Elimination and CRS Prevention in Europe
When: February 8-10 Where: Rome, Italy
The Sabin Vaccine Institute, together with the March of Dimes Foundation, the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (EURO), the International Pediatric Association and its regional affiliate, the European Pediatric Association and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) brought together experts from around the world to discuss the continued outbreaks of measles and rubella in the European region. The meeting also focused on the impact of associated congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) and the pressing need to increase regional measles and rubella vaccine coverage to ensure immunity among susceptible populations. Dr. Ciro de Quadros, Executive Vice President of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, said, “We have made great strides in eliminating these diseases in the Americas and we must work together to discover why we are seeing these cases re-emerge in Europe and what can be done to stop the outbreaks.”
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