Effect of the Ukrainian Crisis on the Current Measles Situation and ways of Improving Surveillance | Zendy

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Effect of the Ukrainian Crisis on the Current Measles Situation and ways of Improving Surveillance

Author(s) -

Tetyana Chumachenko,

Dmytro Chumachenko,

Tetyana Karlova

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

online journal of public health informatics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1947-2579

DOI - 10.5210/ojphi.v7i1.5944

Subject(s) - measles , humanitarian crisis , refugee , ukrainian , armed conflict , political science , refugee crisis , european region , medicine , environmental health , economic growth , virology , geography , vaccination , regional science , law , linguistics , philosophy , economics

Armed conflict and the crisis in Ukraine led to the destruction of health care facilities. The refugees dispersed throughout Ukraine, including in the Kharkiv region, bordering the Lugansk and Donetsk regions. There was a threat of importation and spread of communicable diseases. The measles situation has been worsened. To achieve the goals of eliminating measles in spite of the crisis in Ukraine implementation of the syndromic surveillance of measles should be continued in order to identify all the cases fully.

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