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| colspan=2|<span style="font-size:150%">'''Americas region is declared the world’s first to eliminate rubella'''</span> | | colspan=2|<span style="font-size:150%">'''Americas region is declared the world’s first to eliminate endemic transmission of rubella'''</span> | ||
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" | "Rubella is a contagious viral disease that can cause multiple birth defects as well as fetal death when contracted by women during pregnancy." | ||
This achievement culminates a 15-year effort that involved widespread administration of the vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) throughout the Western Hemisphere. The announcement comes as 45 countries and territories of the Americas are participating in the 13th annual Vaccination Week in the Americas (April 25 to May 2). | This achievement culminates a 15-year effort that involved widespread administration of the vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) throughout the Western Hemisphere. The announcement comes as 45 countries and territories of the Americas are participating in the 13th annual Vaccination Week in the Americas (April 25 to May 2). | ||
Revision as of 13:53, 1 May 2015
| Americas region is declared the world’s first to eliminate endemic transmission of rubella | |
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"Rubella is a contagious viral disease that can cause multiple birth defects as well as fetal death when contracted by women during pregnancy." This achievement culminates a 15-year effort that involved widespread administration of the vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) throughout the Western Hemisphere. The announcement comes as 45 countries and territories of the Americas are participating in the 13th annual Vaccination Week in the Americas (April 25 to May 2).
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