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These doctors helped eliminate measles in ’98. Here’s how they did it
Canada eliminated measles by 1998 using a two-dose vaccine strategy and mass campaigns, reducing cases from 45,000 annually pre-vaccine to zero, health officials said.
- Parents and public health providers rallied to stop measles circulation, resulting in its elimination in Canada in 1998, two years later,
- Dr. Gaston De Serres' research showed some children did not respond to the first dose but were protected after a second dose, yet Canada delayed adopting a two-dose program and NACI called the earlier approach 'laissez faire'.
- In just six weeks public health officials vaccinated four million children from kindergarten to Grade 13 in one province, while 1996 catch-up campaigns rolled out across provinces to stop outbreaks.
- Now the country is poised to lose that status as transmission has been ongoing for a year, with the New Brunswick outbreak infecting more than 5,000 people in Canada.
- Experts say a long-term, evidence-driven plan is needed, requiring recognition and sustained political commitment over years, Dr. James Talbot and Naus recall it as a career highlight urging renewed unity.
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These doctors helped eliminate measles in '98. Here's how they did it
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