CDC Around the World: Measles & Rubella Initiative

FEB. 18, 2015 Connect with us: IN THIS MESSAGE: PHOTO OF THE WEEK CDC's Partnership with the Measles & Rubella Initiative is protecting more kids than ever before. View full-sized photo Spotlighted Topic of the Week: Measles & Rubella Initiative  CDC Ebola Updates In the News On the Calendar Spotlighted Topic of the Week: Measles & Rubella Initiative Blog of the Week WORKING TOWARDS AN ACHIEVABLE GOAL: A WORLD WITHOUT CRS When I started focusing on rubella in 1994, it was mainly recognized as a significant public health problem in high-income countries. When the public health community realized that rubella and congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) were actually significant public health issues in the entire region of the Americas, things took a turn and an elimination goal was set for 2010...read blog Infographic of the Week STOP RUBELLA View full-sized infographic Video of the Week DR. LOU COOPER FIGHTS RUBELLA This video will inspire you to change the world. In the early 1960's in New York City, Dr. Louis Cooper began to see babies who were deaf, blind, and had heart problems. The cause - the rubella virus. Dr. Cooper not only studied congenital rubella syndrome, he helped the children get housing and care, and successfully advocated for new federal laws to help American children access education and vaccines. Today he continues the fight against rubella, and works with paediatricians around the world to help everyone have access to rubella vaccine...watch video Story of the Week PHOTO ESSAY: WIDE AGE RANGE MEASLES-RUBELLA VACCINATION CAMPAIGN, NEPAL (2012-2013) By invitation of WHO/Nepal, CDC’s Dr. Umid Sharapov spent three weeks in December, 2012 as an international monitor of their measles-rubella (MR) campaign. The Ministry of Health and Population of Nepal introduced rubella-containing vaccine by conducting a wide age range measles-rubella (MR) campaign during 2012-2013. Ten million children (9 months – 14 years) were vaccinated. Dr. Sharapov visited two regions in the northeastern Nepal – Sindupalchowk and Dolakha…read story CDC Ebola Updates Latest Outbreak Info The World Health Organization has reported 23,253 cases of Ebola and 9,380 deaths worldwide…read more Q & A on Ebola Ebola Preparedness: Emergency Department Training Modules More resources on the CDC Ebola website >> In the News Stopping Ebola by Land, Water and AirHuffington PostFebruary 18, 2015 Op-Ed - The measles outbreaks that matter the most aren't happening here Huffington Post February 18, 2015 Op-Ed - The measles outbreaks that matter the most aren't happening here LA Times February 10, 2015 On the Calendar February 23: Webinar Hypertension Prevention, Treatment, and Control: Successful Global Strategies Join CDC’s Director Dr. Thomas Frieden and leading hypertension experts in discussing practical ways to successfully control hypertension and decrease heart disease and stroke in the U.S. and around the world. March 3: World Birth Defects Day