Measles and rubella elimination: learning from polio eradication and moving forward with a diagonal approach

Introduction: In 1988, an estimated 350,000 children were paralyzed by polio and 125 countries reported polio cases, the World Health Assembly passed a resolution to achieve polio eradication by 2000, and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) was established as a partnership focused on erad...

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Main Authors: James L. Goodson, James P. Alexander, Robert W. Linkins, Walter A. Orenstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-12-01
Series:Expert Review of Vaccines
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14760584.2017.1393337