{"id":84912,"date":"2020-01-25T16:36:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T11:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=13222"},"modified":"2020-01-25T16:36:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T11:06:43","slug":"india-helps-maldives-tackle-measles-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-helps-maldives-tackle-measles-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"India helps Maldives tackle measles outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> India dispatched over 30,000 doses of measles and rubella (MR) vaccine to the Maldives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Measles and Rubella<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Measles and Rubella (German measles) are a contagious viral disease that is spread by contact with an infected person through coughing and sneezing. Measles is caused by Rubeola virus and Rubella is caused by Rubella virus.<\/li><li>Both of them can be entirely prevented with a two-dose of MMR (Measles, Mumps, and Rubella) vaccine.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Elimination Efforts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>India:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>India has initiated the world\u2019s largest Measles-Rubella (MR) Campaign in 2017. It targets vaccination of 410 million children and adolescents aged between 9 months and 15 years.<\/li><li>It is also covered under <strong>Mission Indradhanaush<\/strong>. Launched in 2014, the mission aims to cover all those children by 2020 who are either unvaccinated or are partially vaccinated against vaccine-preventable diseases<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Global:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Global Vaccine Action Plan<\/strong>: Under the Global Vaccine Action Plan, WHO has targeted to eliminate measles by 2020<\/li><li><strong>\u2018Measles Elimination and Rubella\/CRS Control by 2020\u2019<\/strong>: In 2013, WHO SEAR initiated \u2018Measles Elimination and Rubella\/CRS Control by 2020\u2019. It seeks to curb and control measles and rubella through immunization, surveillance and developing and maintaining an accredited measles laboratory network.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>India and Maldives have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Health cooperation in 2019.<\/li><li>The MoU envisages capacity building and training of doctors and medical professionals, disease surveillance, training of mental health professionals, setting up of digital health capacities in Maldives.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: India dispatched over 30,000 doses of measles and rubella (MR) vaccine to the Maldives. Facts: Measles and Rubella Measles and Rubella (German measles) are a contagious viral disease that is spread by contact with an infected person through coughing and sneezing. Measles is caused by Rubeola virus and Rubella is caused by Rubella virus.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-helps-maldives-tackle-measles-outbreak\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India helps Maldives tackle measles outbreak<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[956],"tags":[1902],"class_list":["post-84912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-schemes-and-programs","tag-measles-and-rubella","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700774572,"cached_date":1704833418},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}