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Despite being vaccine-preventable, outbreaks of measles are currently occurring in every region of the world, with many countries reporting their first case in years. In Australia, the disease was considered eliminated in 2014, but a series of imported case alerts begs the question – do we need to be concerned?
To shed some light on the situation where we're seeing cases of measles on the rise globally, we speak with The Royal Melbourne Hospital’s Dr Katherine Gibney, an infectious diseases and public health physician, and medical epidemiologist at the Doherty Institute.
Shownotes
A 30-fold rise of measles cases in 2023 in the WHO European Region warrants urgent action
Victorian Department of Health measles alerts
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By Doherty InstituteDespite being vaccine-preventable, outbreaks of measles are currently occurring in every region of the world, with many countries reporting their first case in years. In Australia, the disease was considered eliminated in 2014, but a series of imported case alerts begs the question – do we need to be concerned?
To shed some light on the situation where we're seeing cases of measles on the rise globally, we speak with The Royal Melbourne Hospital’s Dr Katherine Gibney, an infectious diseases and public health physician, and medical epidemiologist at the Doherty Institute.
Shownotes
A 30-fold rise of measles cases in 2023 in the WHO European Region warrants urgent action
Victorian Department of Health measles alerts
Get in touch
Have a question or topic you'd like us to explore in a future episode? Contact us via email [email protected]
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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