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James L. Goodson
Publications - 5
Citations - 692
James L. Goodson is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vaccination & Measles. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 5 publications receiving 540 citations.
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Progress Toward Regional Measles Elimination - Worldwide, 2000-2018
Minal K. Patel,Laure Dumolard,Yoann Nedelec,Samir V. Sodha,Claudia Steulet,Marta Gacic-Dobo,Katrina Kretsinger,Jeffrey McFarland,Paul A. Rota,James L. Goodson +9 more
TL;DR: Progress toward WHA milestones and regional measles elimination during 2000-2018 is described and resource commitments are needed to strengthen routine immunization systems, close historical immunity gaps, and improve surveillance.
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Progress Toward Regional Measles Elimination — Worldwide, 2000–2016
Alya Dabbagh,Minal K. Patel,Laure Dumolard,Marta Gacic-Dobo,Mick N. Mulders,Jean-Marie Okwo-Bele,Katrina Kretsinger,Mark J. Papania,Paul A. Rota,James L. Goodson +9 more
TL;DR: Improved implementation of elimination strategies by countries and their partners is needed, with focus on increasing vaccination coverage through substantial and sustained additional investments in health systems, strengthening surveillance systems, using surveillance data to drive programmatic actions, securing political commitment, and raising the visibility of measles elimination goals.
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Progress Toward Regional Measles Elimination — Worldwide, 2000–2017
Alya Dabbagh,Rebecca L. Laws,Claudia Steulet,Laure Dumolard,Mick N. Mulders,Katrina Kretsinger,James Alexander,Paul A. Rota,James L. Goodson +8 more
TL;DR: To make further progress, case-based surveillance needs to be strengthened, and coverage with MCV1 and the second dose of measles-containing vaccine needs to increase; in addition, it will be important to maintain political commitment and ensure substantial, sustained investments to achieve global and regional measles elimination goals.
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Progress Toward Measles Elimination - European Region, 2009-2018.
Laura Zimmerman,M Muscat,Simarjit Singh,Myriam Ben Mamou,Dragan Jankovic,Siddhartha Sankar Datta,James Alexander,James L. Goodson,Patrick O'Connor +8 more
TL;DR: To achieve measles elimination in EUR, measures are needed to strengthen immunization programs by ensuring ≥95% 2-dose MCV coverage in every district of each country, offering supplemental measles vaccination to susceptible adults, maintaining high-quality surveillance for rapid case detection and confirmation, and ensuring effective outbreak preparedness and response.