Download or read book Guidelines on Verification of Measles and Rubella Elimination in the Western Pacific Region written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2005, the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific established 2012 as the target year for measles elimination (resolution WPR/RC56.R8). At its sixty-third session in 2012, the Regional Committee urged Member States to accelerate progress towards measles elimination and establish national verification committees (NVCs) to develop regular progress reports for submission to the RVC (WPR/RC63.R5). In October 2014, a regional rubella elimination goal was endorsed by the Regional Committee, as one of eight regional immunization goals specified by the Regional Framework for Implementation of the Global Vaccine Action Plan in the Western Pacific (WPR/RC65.R5). Activities towards rubella control have been in place in the Region since 2003. The target date for rubella elimination has yet to be set by the Regional Committee. Establishing verification processes and criteria for measles has progressed well, and all countries and areas have a national or subregional verification committee (SRVC) and have submitted progress reports to the RVC. Given that all countries in the Western Pacific Region have already incorporated the combined measles- and rubella-containing vaccine (MRCV) into their vaccination schedules and that rubella is less contagious than measles, rubella elimination is feasible within the framework of the regional measles elimination strategies.