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Wednesday, July 19, 2017
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MMWR News Synopsis for July 20, 2017
Progress Toward Measles Elimination — Bangladesh, 2000–2016
To achieve and maintain measles elimination, additional measures are needed to strengthen routine immunization services in order to increase two-dose measles vaccine coverage to ≥95% in all districts. There is also a need to enhance the sensitivity of measles case-based surveillance by adopting a more sensitive case definition, expanding case-based surveillance sites nationwide, and enhancing capacity for epidemiological investigation and outbreak preparedness and response to rapidly identify and contain outbreaks. In 2014 Bangladesh adopted a goal for national measles elimination by 2018. This report summarizes progress toward measles elimination in Bangladesh during 2000–2016. During 2000–2016, estimated coverage with the first dose of measles-containing vaccine (MCV1) increased from 74 percent to 94 percent. Supplementary immunization activities vaccinated approximately 36 million children in 2005-06, 18.1 million children in 2010, and 53.6 million children in 2014. Reported suspected measles incidence declined by 82 percent during 2000–2016, from 34.2 to 6.1 cases per million population.
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