Almost half of this year's cases have been in WHO's European Region, with the highest incidence in Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Yemen.
The number of measles cases around the world nearly doubled from 2022 to 2023, researchers say, presenting a challenge to efforts to achieve and maintain elimination status in many countries.There were 171,153 cases globally in 2022, according to Dr. Patrick O'Connor of the World Health Organization, who presented the research Saturday at the ESCMID Global Congress in Barcelona.
About 1 in every 20 children with measles will develop pneumonia, and others may develop a dangerous swelling in the brain called encephalitis. Up to 3 of every 1,000 children who become infected with measles may die from respiratory and neurologic complications.It can also lead to 'immune amnesia,' a condition that raises people's risk of other infections for weeks to years.
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