Data as of 30 July 2019

1. Verification of measles and rubella
elimination in the WHO European Region
Data as of 30 July 2019
Vaccine-preventable Diseases and Immunization programme
Division of Health Emergencies and Communicable Diseases

2. Measles and rubella elimination status in the WHO European Region, 2018
2Data source: 8th meeting of the European Regional Verification Commission for Measles and Rubella Elimination (RVC). Meeting report (2019).
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3. Data source: Monthly aggregated and case-based data reported by Member States to WHO/Europe directly or via ECDC/TESSy data as of 30 July 2019
Measles discard rate per hundred thousand population in the WHO European
Region, 2018
Population source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision.
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Disclaimer: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or
area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted and dashed lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement. © WHO 2019. All rights reserved.

4. Measles elimination status, 2012–2018
Data source: Meeting reports from the European Regional Verification Commission for Measles and Rubella Elimination (RVC), 2013–2019
21
24
33
37 35
19
2
9
2
5
1
23
3
9
4
7
1
1
14
13
18
14
9
10
12
4
12 14
4 4 3 2 2
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Numberofcountries
Eliminated Interrupted ≥ 24 months Interrupted ≥ 12 months Endemic Re-established Inconclusive No report

5. Rubella elimination status, 2012–2018
Data source: Meeting reports from the European Regional Verification Commission for Measles and Rubella Elimination (RVC), 2013–2019
20
24
33
37 39
19
3
9
2
2
3
25
4
9
2
2
3
13
9
18
16 14
11 11
11
17
4 4 3 2 2
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Numberofcountries
Eliminated Interrupted ≥ 24 months Interrupted ≥ 12 months Endemic Re-established Inconclusive No report

6. • Next update available after 15 June 2020
• Report of 8th meeting of the European regional verification commission for measles
and rubella elimination (RVC)
http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/communicable-diseases/measles-and-rubella/publications/2019/8th-
meeting-of-the-european-regional-verification-commission-for-measles-and-rubella-elimination-rvc-2019
• Regional verification commission for measles and rubella elimination (RVC)
www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/communicable-diseases/measles-and-rubella/activities/regional-verification-
commission-for-measles-and-rubella-elimination-rvc
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Links for regional verification of measles and rubella elimination