Challenges to Achieving Measles Elimination, Georgia, 2013–2018

Published on October 29, 2020

Large-scale measles outbreaks occurred in Georgia during 2013–2015 and 2017–2018. These outbreaks indicates widespread circulation and genetic diversity of measles viruses and reveals persistent gaps in population immunity across a wide age range. CDC Emerging Infectious Disease

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Malawi becomes the second country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate lymphatic filariasis

October 29, 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Malawi has been validated to have eliminated lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem. WHO Weekly Epidemilogical Record

Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis, January 2019-June 2020

October 29, 2020
This report describes global progress towards eradicating dracunculiasis, also known as Guinea worm disease.