"Health Organization": High incidence of measles worldwide

The World Health Organization said that about 10.3 million measles injuries occurred in 2023, a 20% increase against the census of 2022, pointing out that it is insufficient coverage of immunization worldwide leading to increased cases. Measles can be prevented with two doses of the measles vaccine, but more than 22 million children missed their first dose of measles vaccine in 2023. At the world level, an estimated 83% of children received their first dose of the measles vaccine last year, while only 74% received the recommended second dose. The measles vaccine for children and the organization says that 95%, or more of two doses of measles vaccine in each country and society, are needed to prevent the outbreak of the disease and to protect the population from one of the most infected human viruses in the world. The Director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanum Jibrissus, said in a press release that Al -Sharq received a copy of it, that the measles vaccine has saved more lives over the past fifty years than any other vaccine. He added: “To save more lives and prevent this deadly virus from harming the most vulnerable, we must invest in strengthening for everyone, regardless of his place of residence.” The gaps in vaccinating the measles due to global gaps in the cover of vaccination saw 57 countries a major outbreak, or destroyed the group in 2023, except for the Americas, an increase of about 60% over 36 countries in the previous year. The World Health Organization areas in Africa, the Eastern Midland Sea, Europe, Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific have seen a significant increase in cases. The organization says that almost half of all large and devastating outbreaks have taken place in the African region. The new data shows that an estimated 107 thousand and 500 people, most of whom are under the age of 5, were killed by measles in 2023. Although this estimate is a 8% decrease from the previous year, a very large number of children still die from this preventative disease. The minor decrease in deaths is mainly due to an increase in cases in countries, and the regions where the possibility of deaths with measles is less is less due to the best food situation and the ability to access health services. Complications of measles and according to the World Health Organization, even when people survive measles, can prevent serious health effects, some of which are lifelong. Babies and young children can be exposed to a serious risk of serious complications of the disease, which includes blindness, pneumonia and encephalitis. With the high cases of measles and increased outbreaks, the goal of eliminating the disease in the world, as stipulated in the 2030 fortification agenda, has become threatened, and around the world, 82 Countries achieved the elimination of measures by the end of 2023. Verified that brazil has eliminated measles, making the American Health Organization Region Free of the Endemic Measles, and with the exception of the African region spent at least one country in all regions of the World Health Organization. The organization says that urgent and targeted efforts by countries and partners, especially in the African regions and the eastern Mediterranean, and in fragile and affected environments of conflicts and weak, are needed to vaccinate all children completely with two doses of measles vaccine. This goal requires high -performance -routine -immunization programs, preserves them, provides high quality and high -cover campaigns when these programs are not sufficient to protect every child.