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Chad: Measles Spreading Amid Weak Vaccination Coverage
[IRIN]Dakar/N'djamena -A measles outbreak that is spreading across sub-Saharan Africa is showing no sign of let-up as vaccine campaigners struggle to reach all at-risk children.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 19, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Congenital rubella syndrome and immunity status of immigrant women living in southern Italy: A cross-sectional, seroepidemiological investigation
Conclusion: Many immigrants are susceptible to rubella and may benefit from vaccination programmes. Additional catch-up vaccination strategies are urgently needed to eliminate the risk of congenital rubella syndrome for future generations.
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - February 5, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Daniela Lo Giudice, Adele Capua, Vincenza La Fauci, Raffaele Squeri, Orazio Claudio Grillo, Sebastiano Calimeri Tags: Original Research Papers Source Type: research
Somalia: UN Agencies Call for Immediate Action to Curb Measles Outbreaks
[UN News]Voicing deep concern that outbreaks of measles have left thousands of children in Somalia at risk of disability or death, United Nations agencies today called for urgent vaccination to tackle the highly contagious disease.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 11, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Somalia: UNICEF and WHO Say Measles Threatens Thousands of Somali Children
[Dalsan Radio]In a joint press release, WHO and UNICEF said on Tuesday that outbreaks of measles in several regions have left thousands of Somali children at risk of disability or death if they are not urgently vaccinated against the highly contagious disease.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 11, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Somalia: Somali Children At Risk of Measles Outbreak, Unicef Says
[Sabahi]Thousands of children are at risk of death or disability from outbreaks of measles in several regions of Somalia if they are not urgently vaccinated against the highly contagious disease, the United Nations warned Tuesday (June 10th).
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 12, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cameroon: 10,000 Children Receive Measles, Polio Vaccines
[Cameroon Tribune]The Israeli Embassy sponsored a health campaign in Gado Refugee Camp near Garoua Boulai in the East Region.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 24, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ohio Amish Reconsider Vaccines Amid Measles OutbreakOhio Amish Reconsider Vaccines Amid Measles Outbreak
County health officials are scrambling to set up immunization clinics after 341 cases in Ohio have swept through Amish communities. Kaiser Health News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 26, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Measles and rubella vaccination coverage in Haiti, 2012: progress towards verifying and challenges to maintaining measles and rubella elimination
ConclusionsThe 2012 SIA successfully increased MR coverage; however, to maintain measles and rubella elimination, coverage needs to be further increased among children aged 1–4 years and in regions with lower coverage.
Source: Tropical Medicine and International Health - July 16, 2014 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Rania A. Tohme, Jeannot François, Kathleen Wannemuehler, Roc Magloire, M. Carolina Danovaro‐Holliday, Brendan Flannery, Kathleen F. Cavallaro, David L. Fitter, Nora Purcell, Amber Dismer, Jordan W. Tappero, John F. Vertefeuille, Terri B. Hyde Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Diarrhoea in slum children: observation from a large diarrhoeal disease hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh
ConclusionsSlum‐dwelling children are more malnourished, have lower immunisation rates (measles vaccination and vitamin A supplementation) and higher rates of measles, are more susceptible to diarrhoeal illness due to V. cholerae and suffer from severe dehydration more often than children from non‐slum areas. Improved health and nutrition strategies should give priority to children living in urban slums.
Source: Tropical Medicine and International Health - July 18, 2014 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Farzana Ferdous, Sumon Kumar Das, Shahnawaz Ahmed, Fahmida Dil Farzana, Mohammad Abdul Malek, Jui Das, Jonathan Ross Latham, Abu Syed Golam Faruque, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
RFK Jr. Joins the Anti-Vaccine Fringe
There are lots of places to go if you want dangerous crazytalk. There are websites, blog threads, cable channels trafficking in all kinds of addled nonsense about birther conspiracies and one-world governments. And then there was Robert Kennedy, Jr., the tireless, honest climate hero long famous for fighting the very good fight.
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Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - July 21, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Andrew Wakefield ethylmercury Jenny McCarthy jr. methylmercury Robert F. Kennedy Thimerosal vaccines Source Type: news
Online information most cost-effective means of increasing MMR uptake, research finds
(University of Leeds) Giving parents access to a website containing information about the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is the most cost-effective way of increasing its uptake, new University of Leeds research has found.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 27, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Well: Ask Well: Do I Need a Measles Shot?
I haven’t been vaccinated against measles since I was a child in the 1950s. Should older adults get another vaccination?
Source: NYT Health - August 1, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By NICHOLAS BAKALAR Tags: Ask Well Measles medicine and health Featured Vaccination and Immunization Source Type: news
Late Onset of Vaccine-associated Measles in Adults
We read with great interest the recent clinical communication by Kurata et al1 that reports about a 23-year-old man who developed vaccine-associated measles 18 days after vaccination. As the authors highlighted, this is a rare event, occurring mainly in young individuals, and little is known about this condition among adults.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - August 1, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Paolo Pellegrino, Carla Carnovale, Emilio Clementi, Sonia Radice Tags: Letters Source Type: research
