Progress Toward Measles Elimination --- Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2013--2019

Published on April 16, 2020

The number of children in the Eastern Mediterranean Region receiving 2 doses of measles vaccine increased during 2013-2018, but vaccination coverage remains below levels (≥95%) that the World Health Organization recommend for measles elimination.

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