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Bradley S. Hersh
Researcher at Pan American Health Organization
Publications - 10
Citations - 619
Bradley S. Hersh is an academic researcher from Pan American Health Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Measles & Vaccination. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 10 publications receiving 612 citations.
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Measles Elimination in the Americas: Evolving Strategies
Ciro A. de Quadros,Jean Marc Olivé,Bradley S. Hersh,Marc A. Strassburg,Donald A. Henderson,David Brandling-Bennett,George Alleyne +6 more
TL;DR: The strategy currently used to control measles in most countries has been to immunize each successive birth cohort through the routine health services delivery system, while measles vaccine coverage has increased markedly, significant measles outbreaks have continued to recur.
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Review of regional measles surveillance data in the Americas, 1996-99.
TL;DR: PAHO's measles eradication strategy has been effective in interrupting transmission and maintaining the absence of measles virus circulation in most parts of the Americas.
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Measles eradication: experience in the Americas.
TL;DR: The implementation of the PAHO strategy has resulted in a marked reduction in measles incidence in all countries of the Americas and demonstrates that global measles eradication is an achievable goal using currently available measles vaccines.
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Eradication of Wild Poliovirus from the Americas: Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance, 1988–1995
TL;DR: The last patient with poliomyelitis due to wild poliovirus in the Americas had onset of paralysis on 23 August 1991 in Peru and the Americas was declared polio-free on 29 September 1994.
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Rational use of rubella vaccine for prevention of congenital rubella syndrome in the Americas
TL;DR: In April 1988, the Ministers of Health of the English-speaking Caribbean targeted rubella for elimination by the end of the year 2000 using the vaccination strategy outlined above.