WHO Europe: Regional decline in measles with large rubella outbreaks in two countries: epidemiological overview for 2012
WHO EpiBrief
2 May 2013

Excerpt
The EpiBrief provides an epidemiological assessment based on surveillance data for selected vaccine-preventable diseases in the WHO European Region for 2012. The report reveals that measles declined by over a third in the European Region last year (with 23 871 cases) compared with the total number of reported cases in 2011. Despite gains in controlling rubella in most countries of the Region, however, outbreaks in Poland and Romania contributed to a more than 200% increase in the total number of rubella cases in the Region in 2012 (with 29 361 cases) compared with 2011, when 9461 cases were reported.

Data for the first two months of 2013, published today in “WHO EpiData” summary tables, indicate that outbreaks of both diseases continue in various parts of the Region. Measles outbreaks have been reported in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and the United Kingdom totalling over 3500 cases in January and February. For the same period, over 4500 cases of rubella have been reported, primarily in Poland. More cases are expected to be reported over the next few weeks as outbreaks persist, but these numbers are, so far, lower than those reported for the same period in 2011 and 2012…
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–       WHO EpiBrief, Issue 1, April 2013
Epidemiological overview and analysis of measles and rubella in the WHO European Region in 2012
–       WHO EpiData, March 2012–February 2013
Summary tables of epidemiological data on selected vaccine-preventable diseases in the WHO European Region