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"The World Health Organization South-East Asia Region today announced Bhutan
and Timor-Leste have eliminated rubella, a highly contagious disease that
causes serious illness and irreversible birth defects in newborns of women
infected during pregnancy, but preventable through vaccination.
Bhutan and Timor-Leste had eliminated measles in 2017 and 2018 respectively,
and now join Maldives and Sri Lanka to achieve elimination of measles and
rubella by 2023, a flagship priority program of WHO South-East Asia Region.
“Strong government leadership and steadfast commitment of health care workers,
volunteers and partners, and community participation have been critical to
implementation of strong vaccine-preventable disease surveillance and
increasing access to immunization services,” said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh,
Regional Director WHO South-East Asia, while congratulating Bhutan and
Timor-Leste on their achievement.
The announcement follows recommendations made by the Regional Verification
Commission for Measles and Rubella Elimination which met in Bangkok, Thailand,
in June, which after reviewing the data provided by Bhutan and Timor-Leste,
concluded that the two countries had interrupted transmission of endemic
rubella virus for more than 36 months."
Via
Future Crunch:
https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-clean-energy-aids-big-cats-africa/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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