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The Lancet
- Good news on measles boosts vaccination campaigns [PDF]

Press Releases:

• New Phase of Largest-Ever Measles Vaccination Campaign Begins in Pakistan
  - http://www.redcross.org/pressrelease/0,1077,0_314_6818,00.html

• Worldwide Drive against Measles Receives Financial "Shot in the Arm"
  - http://www.measlesinitiative.org/press/GAVI22Feb2007.pdf

• Global Goal to Reduce Measles Deaths in Children Surpassed
  The progress was announced today by partners in the Measles Initiative: the American Red Cross, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United Nations Foundation, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO)
  - http://www.measlesinitiative.org/presskit/

• Unicef Press Centre: Ghana's bid to save 20,000 young lives
  - http://www.unicef.org/media/media_36418.html

• Health Campaign Launched To Protect Indonesian Children
  - http://www.redcross.org/pressrelease/0,1077,0_314_5596,00.html

• Bringing Hope To Angolan Children: Mass Health Campaign Begins To Help 3.5 Million
  - http://www.redcross.org/pressrelease/0,1077,0_314_5474,00.html

• Partners Team Up in Kenya to Fight Measles and Malaria
  - http://www.redcross.org/pressrelease/0,1077,0_314_5479,00.html

• Global measles deaths plunge by 48% over past six years
  Joint News Release WHO/UNICEF
  - http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2006/pr11/en/index.html

• Bangladesh Launches Largest Ever Measles Vaccination Campaign
  After major success in Africa, Measles Initiative expands support to Asia where measles burden remains high.
  - http://www.redcross.org/pressrelease/0,1077,0_314_5171,00.html

• Benin Vaccination Campaign this Week Marks Culmination and Success of Measles Initiative’s Five-Year Vaccination Goal
  Sidney Poitier and Sherry Lansing to join trip to celebrate 1 million lives saved through vaccinations
  - http://www.redcross.org/pressrelease/0,1077,0_314_4981,00.html

• Measles Initiative: Measles Cases and Deaths Fall by 60% in Africa Since 1999
  UN Foundation Chairman Ted Turner Announces $20 million Commitment to Measles Initiative Over the Next Four Years; Becton, Dickinson and Company Expands Partnership with the American Red Cross in Support of the Measles Initiative
  - http://www.redcross.org/pressrelease/0,1077,0_314_4830,00.html

• American Red Cross takes part in TIME Global Health Summit
  - http://www.measlesinitiative.org/TIMEGHSummitRelease.pdf

• Measles cases and deaths drop 91% in 19 African countries
  Measles Initiative Partnership a significant reason for success
  - http://www.redcross.org/pressrelease/0,1077,0_118_4596,00.html

• Largest Integrated Health Campaign Ever Saves Children From Africa’s Two Leading Killers -- Malaria And Measles
  Community survey shows successful widespread delivery of multiple health interventions in Togo during December’s nationwide vaccination campaign.
  - http://www.redcross.org/pressrelease/0,1077,0_314_4233,00.html

• Measles Deaths In Africa Dropped By Nearly Half Over Five Years
  More than 400,000 child lives saved so far in Africa where most deaths occur
  - http://www.redcross.org/pressrelease/0,1077,0_314_4140,00.html

• Measles Deaths Worldwide Drop By Nearly 40% Over Five Years
  Africa Leads Effort to Halve Deaths From a Leading Child Killer by The End of 2005
  - http://www.redcross.org/pressrelease/0,1077,0_312_4143,00.html

• Measles Initiative Partners Vaccinate Children Affected By Tsunami Using Successful Campaign Integration Model To Save Lives
  American Red Cross transfers $35 million to UN Foundation
  - http://www.redcross.org/pressrelease/0,1077,0_314_4083,00.html

• Measles Initiative Partners Fight The Two Most Deadly Childhood Diseases In Africa Testing An Integrated Approach To Reach Every Child
  Nearly 1 million Togolese children will receive measles vaccinations, saving more than 3,000 lives each year.
  - http://www.redcross.org/pressrelease/0,1077,0_314_3818,00.html

• ‘Miles For Measles’ Couple Reaches Cross Country Halfway Point
  Couple reaches halfway point of five-month trek from Washington to San Francisco to raise awareness, funds to save children’s lives in Africa.
  - http://www.redcross.org/pressrelease/0,1077,0_314_3204,00.html

• Couple Begins Five-Month Trek from Washington to San Francisco
  A Washington-area couple will leave Thursday, June 3, to run and bike a cross-country journey beginning in Washington, D.C. and ending in San Francisco in early October to raise funds for the American Red Cross Measles Initiative and the Africa Great Lakes Initiative.
  - http://www.redcross.org/pressrelease/0,1077,0_118_2788,00.html

• Gambia Measles Vaccination Campaign To Vaccinate More Than 240,000 Children In One Week
  In all, approximately 244,000 children are targeted to be vaccinated, saving 400 lives each year (according to the World Health Organization, 400 childhood measles deaths occur annually). The campaign goal is to bring measles deaths to near zero in Gambia.
  - http://www.redcross.org/pressrelease/0,1077,0_314_2048,00.html

• Guinea Measles Vaccination Campaign To Vaccinate More Than 3 Million Children In One Week
  In all, approximately 3.37 million children are targeted to be vaccinated, saving 4,000 lives each year. The campaign goal is to bring measles deaths to near zero in Guinea.
  - http://www.redcross.org/pressrelease/0,1077,0_314_1809,00.html

• Zambia Mass Measles Vaccination Campaign First on Measles Initiative's 2003 Schedule
  The Measles Initiative will carry out its first mass measles campaign of the year June 8-13 in Zambia.
  - http://www.measlesinitiative.org/030606press.html

• Celebrating World Red Cross Day - American Red Cross Highlights Keeping Children Healthy Around the World
  The American Red Cross will celebrate World Red Cross Day on May 8, remembering the efforts that all National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies do worldwide to advocate for the relief of human suffering, whether from disease, famine, disaster or war. This May 8, the American Red Cross puts special focus on our programs that keep children healthy and safe around the globe. - http://www.redcross.org/press/intl/in_pr/030417wrcd.html

• "Disease Of The Wind" Documentary Debuts Next Week In Dallas At Deep Ellum Film Festival, Nov. 20-21
  Documentary chronicles the tragedy of measles and the fight to eliminate the disease through the eyes of eight middle school students and actress Jane Seymour.
  - http://www.measlesinitiative.org/020815press.html

• America's Fund For Afghan Children Donates $750,000 to Support Measles Vaccination Campaign in Afghanistan
  Vaccinations during refugee situations are crucial to health and survival.
  - http://www.redcross.org/press/intl/in_pr/021015fund.html...

• Measles Vaccination Campaign Immunizes More Than 13 Million Children in Kenya, Saving 18,000 Lives in One Week
  In an effort to combat preventable deaths from measles, the Measles Initiative launched its largest mass vaccination campaign ever in Kenya, June 17-23, 2002. The Kenya campaign, the first of nine country campaigns scheduled this year as part of the Initiative, reached 13,302,991 children (97.9 percent) between the ages of nine months and 14 years with measles vaccinations and vitamin A (given to boost the immune system) in one week.
  - http://www.measlesinitiative.org/020815press.html

• Five Leading Global Public Health Organizations Announce a New Initiative to Save Children from Measles Deaths in Africa as Part of a Global Effort to Reduce Child Mortality.
  Five leading global public health organizations announced today a new initiative that will focus on immunizing children against measles to save 1.2 million lives in Africa over the next five years, as part of a global effort to reduce child mortality.
  - http://www.measlesinitiative.org/020206press.html

• Measles Initiative to Vaccinate 14 Million Children in Kenya During One-Week Campaign.
  In an effort to prevent 18,000 infant and child deaths this year alone, Kenya will conduct its first countrywide mass measles vaccination campaign June 17-23, 2002. The Kenya campaign, with support from the partners in the Measles Initiative, aims to vaccinate nearly 14 million children between the ages of nine months and 14 years, about 40 percent of the country's population.
  - http://www.redcross.org/press/intl/in_pr/020614measles.html