Characterizing measles transmission in India

A dynamic modeling study using verbal autopsy data

“India is a key country for measles elimination objectives, and between 2010 and 2013 India carried out measles SIA campaigns targeting states where access to health services is often limited. Our modeling approach enables us to project measles incidence and mortality into the future, allowing us to assess whether India could reach measles elimination goals through both the scale-up of routine immunization and the implementation of SIA mass campaigns.”

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