Rubella - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization
2024年9月30日 · Rubella is a contagious viral disease, which occurs most often in children. The virus is transmitted via the respiratory route, and symptoms usually appear 2-3 weeks after exposure. In children, the disease is usually mild, with low fever, nausea and a transient rash. Adults may develop arthritis and painful joints. Infection during early pregnancy may cause …
Case Investigation Form - Measles/Rubella - PAHO
2009年2月26日 · Case Investigation Form - Measles/Rubella. Download (101.93 KB) Complete this form for any person in whom a health worker suspects measles or rubella infection or a patient with fever and rash. The health worker should attempt to collect epidemiological and clinical data, as well as a blood sample, on the first contact with the patient.
Measles - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization
2024年10月31日 · CE160.R2 - Plan of Action for the Sustainability of Measles, Rubella, and Congenital Rubella Syndrome Elimination in the Americas 2018-2023. Measles is a highly contagious viral disease, which affects mostly children. It is transmitted via droplets from the nose, mouth, or throat of infected persons. Initial symptoms, which usually appear 10-12 ...
Americas region is declared the world's first to eliminate rubella
2015年4月29日 · Before mass-scale rubella vaccination, an estimated 16,000 to more than 20,000 children were born with CRS each year in Latin America and the Caribbean, while more than 158,000 rubella cases were reported in 1997 alone. In the United States, 20,000 infants were born with CRS during the last major rubella outbreak (1964-65). A Pan American effort
Measles/Rubella bi-Weekly Bulletin - PAHO
2024年10月5日 · Measles/Rubella bi-Weekly Bulletin. The measles, rubella and congenital rubella syndrome bulletin provides information on reported cases for these diseases and final diagnoses by country. Surveillance indicators are also monitored and published. This bulletin is prepared from weekly surveillance reports submitted by countries and is published ...
Measles and rubella risk assessment tool - PAHO
The risk assessment tool detects areas not meeting the programmatic targets to sustain measles and rubella elimination. With these results, the country can prioritize the areas for intervention, to close the identified gaps in vaccination and epidemiological surveillance. It is recommended that the analysis unit of the risk assessment tool be ...
Regional Framework for the Monitoring and Re-Verification of
2022年2月24日 · The Regional Framework is based on ongoing country experiences in sustaining disease elimination, as well as the Region’s experiences in maintaining polio and smallpox elimination. Lessons from these experiences are highlighted below, with emphasis on their implications for maintaining measles and rubella elimination.
What does rubella equivocal mean? - Answers
2023年9月7日 · Rubella IgG is a specific antibody which our body's defenses has produced in response to a prior exposure, in this case, the virus Rubella. Rubella IgG was 19.4 what does it mean?
Immunization - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization
2024年10月31日 · Immunization is the process whereby a person is made resistant to a disease, typically by the administration of a vaccine. Vaccines stimulate the body’s own immune system to protect the person against subsequent infection or disease. Immunization prevents diseases, disabilities, and deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs), such as cervical cancer, …
2024年1月29日 · According to the provisional monthly measles and rubella surveillance data, published by WHO until January 20241, in 2022, 369,195 suspected cases of measles were reported in 166 Member States of the 6 WHO Regions, of which 171,156 (46%) were classified as measles (includes laboratory-confirmed cases, clinical, or epidemiological criteria).