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Third annual meeting of the Regional
Monitoring and Re-verification
Commission for Measles, Rubella, and
Congenital Rubella Syndrome Elimination
The third annual meeting of the Regional Monitoring and Re-verification Commission for Measles, Rubella, and Congenital Rubella Syndrome Elimination in the Americas (the Regional Commission) was held from 14 to 16 November in Brasília, Brazil.
The objectives of the meeting were to:
- Conduct a comprehensive review of annual country reports for the period 2021–2023 in order to monitor and re-verify measles, rubella, and congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) elimination in the Americas.
- Prepare specific recommendations following annual reviews of the national reports, noting compliance with the Regional Commission’s previous recommendations.
- Continue political advocacy at the highest level to maintain measles and rubella elimination in the Region.
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Charting the path forward: reflections on PAHO’s Communicable Diseases Elimination Initiative and future directions
In 2019, building upon regional communicable disease elimination
successes, the PAHO Directing Council approved the “Elimination Initiative”
(EI). This initiative seeks to eliminate over 30 communicable diseases and
related conditions in the Americas by 2030.
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Press kit, 4 September 2023. HPV vaccination for girls and boys, starting at 11 years of age. Source: INCa, Ministry of Health and Prevention.
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Toward the elimination of diseases associated with human papillomavirus infection in the French Caribbean: implementation of a mass vaccination campaign in schools since October 2023
Vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) infection was introduced into the French vaccination schedule in 2007 for girls and in 2021 for boys, with moderate participation in the French Caribbean. Vaccination coverage against HPV infection remains low compared to the target established by the French national cancer control strategy: 80% vaccination coverage of
girls (aged 11–14 years) by 2023.
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Participants in the workshop. ©Claudia Cerón.
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Workshop on the preparation of scientific texts and articles on
health in Bogotá, Colombia
An introductory workshop on the preparation of scientific texts and articles for two special issues of the Pan American Journal of Public Health that
will focus on PAHO’s Special Program on Comprehensive Immunization
(CIM) was held on 5–7 December 2023 in Bogotá, Colombia.
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- PAHO’s Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Vaccine-preventable Diseases provides regional
recommendations on dengue and respiratory syncytial virus
vaccines and issues a statement on the ongoing COVID-19
vaccination efforts
- Expanded Program on Immunization methodology and performance monitoring tool for the Region of the Americas
- Sentinel surveillance of rotavirus in children under 5 years of age in the Region of the Americas
- Sentinel surveillance of bacterial pneumonia and meningitis in children under 5 years of age in the Americas
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- Immunization information systems and data quality
- Virtual self-learning course: Tools for monitoring integrated public health interventions. Vaccination and deworming for soil-transmitted helminth infections
- Strengthening immunization data management
- Final classification of measles, rubella, congenital rubella syndrome, mumps, pertussis and diphtheria cases in the Region of the Americas, 2023
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