Mapping Routine Measles Vaccination in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

• Main Authors: Sbarra, Alyssa N, Hay, Simon I, Lim, Stephen S, Mosser, Jonathan F, Pepito, Veincent Christian F, Collaborators, Local Burden of Disease Vaccine Coverage, co-authors, 634
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: Medicine and Health Sciences
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asmph-pubs/34; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1033&context=asmph-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The safe, highly effective measles vaccine has been recommended globally since 1974, yet in 2017 there were more than 17 million cases of measles and 83,400 deaths in children under 5 years old, and more than 99% of both occurred in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Globally comparable, annu...