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Measles resurgence in children under 5 reverses decades of global progress

Co-author of the Global Burden of Disease 2023 measles study

Measles cases in children under five rose 40% worldwide between 2019 and 2023, from 11.1 million to 15.6 million, according to a Global Burden of Disease study published in Nature Medicine. The jump reverses a nearly 80% decline recorded between 1990 and 2019.

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The resurgence coincides with COVID-19 related disruptions to immunisation programs, health systems, and funding – reflecting both the fragility of measles control and vulnerability of children in lower-resourced areas.

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To some degree, we did anticipate that there would be some uptick from [COVID], but it was more than many would have anticipated in that particular context, which is obviously concerning.

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