| Titre : | Jamaica's measles elimination experience. (1999) |
| Auteurs : | J.M. HIRSHON ; P. FIGUEROA ; M. GOODMAN ; B.S. HERSH ; B. IRONS ; G.D. KIRK ; K. LEWIS-BELL ; Ministry of Health. Kingston. JAM ; Preventive Medicine Residency Program. Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. Baltimore. MD. USA ; Special Program on now Division of Vaccines and Immunization. Pan American Health Organization. Washington. DC. USA ; Special Program on Vaccines and Immunization. Pan American Health Organization. USA |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 89, n° 8, 1999) |
| Pagination : | 1254-1255 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Jamaïque ; Antilles ; Amérique ; Prévention santé ; Rougeole ; Virose ; Infection ; Vaccination ; Programme élargi vaccination ; Programme santé ; Evaluation ; Enfant ; Homme ; Amérique centrale |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST I781R0xm. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. This article describes the effort to eliminate measles from Jamaica and its impact on measles incidence. Methods. In additon to routine measles vaccination, the Jamaican Ministry of Health implemented a strategy of a 1-time-only catch-up vaccination campaign, conducted in 1991, and periodic follow-up campaigns, the firts of which occurred in 1995. Results. Since 1991, despite careful surveillance, no serologically confirmed indigenous cases of measles have occurred in Jamaica. Conclusions. Measles virus ciruclation has been interrupted in Jamaica. The Jamaican experience provides further evidence that global measles eradication is achievable. |
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