The geography of measles vaccination in the African Great Lakes region

Saki Takahashi; C. Jessica E. Metcalf; Matthew J. Ferrari; Andrew J. Tatem; Justin Lessler

doi:10.1038/ncomms15585

Nature Communications (May 2017)

The geography of measles vaccination in the African Great Lakes region

Saki Takahashi,
C. Jessica E. Metcalf,
Matthew J. Ferrari,
Andrew J. Tatem,
Justin Lessler

Affiliations

Saki Takahashi: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
C. Jessica E. Metcalf: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
Matthew J. Ferrari: Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Pennsylvania State University, State College
Andrew J. Tatem: Department of Geography and Environment, WorldPop, University of Southampton
Justin Lessler: Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15585
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The WHO targets measles elimination by 2020, a goal that relies on high vaccination coverage. Here, Takahashiet al. identify ‘coldspots’ in the African Great Lakes region where measles vaccine coverage is below 80%, suggesting that these regions should be targeted in future vaccination campaigns.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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