Measles -- Worldwide/Unknown
Sri Lanka and Maldives have become the 1st 2 countries in the World Health Organization's South-East Asia region to eliminate both measles and rubella ahead of a 2023 target, the U.N. health agency announced Wed 8 Jul 2020.
"This success is encouraging and demonstrates the importance of joint efforts" in combating diseases as the world grapples with the coronavirus, WHO South-East Asia regional director Poonam Khetrapal Singh said in a statement.
[Byline: Bharatha
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7567076&promed&0
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