Abstract
Measles still spreads in Europe: who is responsible for the failure to vaccinate?
Highlights
The European Union (EU) countries are still experiencing the highest burden; according to World Health Organization (WHO) data, some of the lowest vaccination coverage against measles are found in Western Europe where, over the past two years, 96% of measles cases in the Region were reported [1]
According to the annual reports of the EUVAC.NET, a surveillance community network for vaccine preventable diseases, children still die from measles and its complications in the EU and many cases with severe complications are reported every year [2]
No sophisticated epidemiological methods are needed to figure out the reason for this: measles immunisation coverage has fallen below the recommended 95% in many western European countries and vaccination coverage levels for the second dose of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine are even lower
Summary
The European Union (EU) countries are still experiencing the highest burden; according to WHO data, some of the lowest vaccination coverage against measles are found in Western Europe where, over the past two years, 96% of measles cases in the Region were reported [1]. According to the annual reports of the EUVAC.NET, a surveillance community network for vaccine preventable diseases, children still die from measles and its complications in the EU and many cases with severe complications are reported every year [2].
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