POST 01078E : MEASLES MORTALITY

POST 01078E : MEASLES MORTALITY 14 April 2007 ____________________________________ We all had cheered at the achievement of the MDG's measles mortality reduction. In a more sobering tone the two following articles remind us that the battle against measles isn't won yet and there is still much to do. Thanks to Evelyn Chege and Bob Davis from UNICEF/ESARO. The link to the Public Library of Science was added to the list of links on the TechNet21 website (http://www.technet21.org/links.html). It is a good source of free online medical litterature. But as usual, read critically. ---------------------- "Measles Still Has a Devastating Impact in Unvaccinated Populations", by William J. Moss ; PLoS Medicine, 2007 vol. 4 (1) http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0040024 ----------------------- "Unacceptably High Mortality Related to Measles Epidemics in Niger, Nigeria, and Chad", by R. F. Grais, C. Dubray, S. Gerst, J. P. Guthmann, A. Djibo, K. D. Nargaye, J. Coker, K. P. Alberti, A. Cochet, C. Ihekweazu, N. Nathan, L. Payne, K. Porten, D. Sauvageot, B. Schimmer, F. Fermon, M. E. Burny, B. S. Hersh, P. J. Guerin ; PLoS Medicine, 2007 vol.4 (1) http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0040016 ______________________________________________________________________________ All members of the TechNet21 e-Forum are invited to send comments on any posting or to use the forum to raise a new discussion or request technical information in relation to immunization services. The comments made in this forum are the sole responsibility of the writers and do not in any way mean that they are endorsed by any of the organizations and agencies to which the authors may belong. ______________________________________________________________________________ Visit the TECHNET21 Website at http://www.technet21.org You will find instructions to subscribe, a direct access to archives, links to reference documents and other features. ______________________________________________________________________________ To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message to : mailto:[email protected] Leave the subject area BLANK In the message body, write unsubscribe TECHNET21E ______________________________________________________________________________ The World Health Organization and UNICEF support TechNet21. The TechNet21 e-Forum is a communication/information tool for generation of ideas on how to improve immunization services. It is moderated by Claude Letarte and is hosted in cooperation with the Centre de coopération internationale en santé et développement, Québec, Canada (http://www.ccisd.org) ______________________________________________________________________________