Palestine Bahrain Global Measles and Rubella Management Meeting Boubker Naouri March, 2011 Geneva, WHO HQ

2 Regional Measles and Rubella Goals  Measles elimination by 2015  No regional strategy or goal for rubella/CRS

Disease Burden

 Regional MCV1 coverage: 84%  14 countries reached more than 95% Progress toward the Goals Highlights 2011

5 Keep-up strategy Polio: mass campaigns, surveillance, outbreak response AYCS CHD Linkage, Collaboration and Integration

6 Challenges to achieving the Goal challenges  Emergency and security situations  Competing priorities  Financial constraints Barriers  Weak routine  Cross-border transmission  Surveillance not up to elimination standards

Palestine Bahrain 2011 Plans and Budgets Follow-up campaigns  16 million USD needed  Develop a regional strategy for elimination of congenital rubella syndrome  Prevent resurgence of measles

8 Advocacy Plans and Opportunities  Updates to the Regional Committee  Opening of GCC  Pool procurement vaccine  Support of polio staff  Vaccination Weeks

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