Evaluation of WHO Measles Eradication Programme for the European Region of 53 Countries with Emphasis on Poland in the Years 2003-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The vaccination programmes after the 2nd World War and the application of safe and effective vaccines were expected to eliminate infectious diseases within the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region. However, epidemiological indexes show isolated cases and local epidemiology outbreaks of viral measles, that draw attention to re-evaluate the effectiveness and obstacles of infectious disease eradication programmes.

Methodology

This study analyses the available Polish governmental epidemiological data concerning the WHO European Region for the years 2003-2014 and evaluates the effectiveness of the WHO Measles Eradication Programme implementation, since 2001. Most of these epidemiological data are either available in Polish or scattered in governmental report

SUBMITTER: Mucha D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11860599 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature