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Measles elimination successful and its relevant challenges in Iran
Seyed Abbas Hosseinalipour1, Abolfazl Mohammadbeigi2, Siamak Mohebi1, Abedin Saghafipour3, Amin Arabshahi4, Farzaneh Mahdianpour5
1 Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Facultyof Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
2 Research Center for Air Pollutants, Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
3 Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
4 Student Research Committee, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
5 National Medical Emergency Organization, Ministry of Health & Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Abolfazl Mohammadbeigi
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom
Iran
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_334_20
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Measles is an infectious childhood disease with some death annually. The expansion of the coverage of vaccination plan has significantly reduced the mortality rate of this disease. Given that the endemic measles virus is not transmitted in the country and based on Regional Verification Commission (RVC) for Measles and Rubella Elimination has declared that measles and rubella have been eliminated in three countries of Eastern Mediterranean Region including Islamic Republic of Iran, Bahrain, and Oman. Therefore, to continue and preventing from reemerging of measles in Iran, it is essential to maintaining the immunization programs, diagnose, and investigate all suspicious cases and outbreaks. This article investigates the challenges facing to measles after elimination declaration in Iran. However, the elimination of these diseases to be sustainable needs a vigorous case identification protocol and contact follow up.
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