O'Connor Patrick, Masresha Balcha, Pastor Desirée, Musa Nasrin, Hagan José, Khanal Sudhir, Lee Chung-Won, Crowcroft Natasha
World Health Organization, Headquarters, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville P.O. Box 06, Congo.
Vaccines (Basel). 2024 Aug 22;12(8):947. doi: 10.3390/vaccines12080947.
Since the World Health Assembly (WHA) in 2012 endorsed the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP), which included regional measles and rubella elimination goals by 2020, global progress towards verification of measles and rubella elimination has been incremental. Even though the 2020 elimination goals were not achieved, commitment towards achieving measles and rubella elimination has been firmly established in the Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) and the Measles and Rubella Strategic Framework (MRSF) 2021-2030. In 2023, the six Regional Verification Commissions for measles and rubella elimination (RVCs) reviewed data as of 31 December 2022 and confirmed that 82 (42%) Member States have been verified for measles elimination, and 98 (51%) Member States have been verified for rubella elimination. The six RVCs are composed of independent public health and immunization experts who are well-placed to support accelerating measles and rubella elimination. RVCs should be leveraged not only to review elimination documents but also to advocate for and champion public health programming that supports measles and rubella activities. The verification of elimination process is one of many tools that should be deployed to reinforce and accelerate efforts towards achieving a world free of measles and rubella.
自2012年世界卫生大会（WHA）批准《全球疫苗行动计划》（GVAP）（其中包括到2020年消除麻疹和风疹的区域目标）以来，全球在麻疹和风疹消除验证方面取得了渐进式进展。尽管2020年的消除目标未能实现，但在《2030年免疫议程》（IA2030）和《2021-2030年麻疹和风疹战略框架》（MRSF）中，实现麻疹和风疹消除的承诺已得到坚定确立。2023年，六个麻疹和风疹消除区域验证委员会（RVC）审查了截至2022年12月31日的数据，并确认82个（42%）会员国已通过麻疹消除验证，98个（51%）会员国已通过风疹消除验证。六个RVC由独立的公共卫生和免疫专家组成，他们能够很好地支持加速消除麻疹和风疹。RVC不仅应被用于审查消除文件，还应倡导并支持开展支持麻疹和风疹活动的公共卫生项目。消除验证过程是众多应被用于加强和加速实现无麻疹和风疹世界努力的工具之一。
