In a guest post Executive Director of Children's Health at the UN Foundation Andrea Gay describes a nationwide anti-measles campaign underway in Africa's most populous country.
Kofi Annan urges the Executive Board of the World Health Organization, which meets in Geneva this week, to set a target date for global Measles eradication.
Some very significant news on the global health front: measles deaths worldwide fell by 78% between 2000 and 2008, from an estimated 733,000 in 2000 to 164,000 in 2008. On a conference call with reporters, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Thomas R.
