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Countries must cooperate to protect infants against measles.
2003 APR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Countries must cooperate to provide wide vaccine coverage in order to protect infants against measles.
According to a study from Australia and Papua New Guinea, "Measles is the most frequent cause of vaccine-preventable childhood deaths. Infants younger than the recommended age for vaccination are susceptible to the disease, and in developing countries they have a high risk of complications and mortality. Vaccine coverage in excess of 95% interrupts endemic transmission of measles in many countries, but achievement of such coverage almost always requires coordinated supplementary mass vaccination campaigns."
"There are substantial health gains if countries improve measles vaccine coverage, irrespective of whether or not high coverage is achieved; these gains include much lower measles complication and case fatality rates, long-term interepidemic duration, and possibly non-specific improvements in survival of children," said Trevor Duke at Royal Children's Hospital in Parkville, Australia and Charles S. Mgone at the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research. "Investigation into the cost-effectiveness of different strategies for measles control, including mass campaigns, two-dose schedules, and young-infant doses, would help countries to formulate control policies appropriate to their setting."
"Pneumonia is the most common fatal complication associated with measles, and at least 50% of measles-related pneumonias are due to bacterial superinfection," commented the researchers. "WHO has developed standard case management ...
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