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PAHO calls for regional action as the Americas lose measles elimination status

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WASHINGTON, Nov 12, CMC –  The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have called on counries, including those in the Caribbean, to strengthen surveillance, laboratory diagnosis, outbreak response, and vaccination campaigns amid concerns that the Region of the Americas has lost its verification as free from endemic measles transmission.

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