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Eradication of measles in the Western Pacific Region close to reality.
2003 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Accelerated measles control in the Western Pacific Region has brought eradication of the disease in the area close to realization.
According to a study from Philippines, "By the 1990s, an immunization program in the western Pacific had dramatically reduced measles morbidity and mortality. Building on the region's successful elimination of polio, several countries and areas achieved or are close to measles elimination, thus showing the potential for global eradication. The diverse challenges for measles control in different parts of the region have produced lessons that will help with future control, including the need for surveillance of sufficient standard to guide and monitor progress."
"A group of experts recognized both the potential and the challenges of the measles immunization program and proposed regional elimination as the appropriate disease control target for the region," said Jeffrey W. McFarland and colleagues at the World Health ...
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- News wire article from: PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association November 3, 2005 700+ words
...2005 SAIPAN (Pacnews) - The Western Pacific region will see an increased military...any contingency in the Asia Pacific region, Marianas Variety reports...sea or in the air, in the Western Pacific Region," he said. "You're going...