Disease

Measles in Mongolia

In an update to the measles outbreak in Mongolia, after reporting 20,010 cases during the first eight months of the year, September showed a dramatic slowdown of only 151 cases.

Mongolia was declared measles-free by the World Health Organization in 2014. In fact, prior to the outbreak that began in March this year, the rash onset of the last confirmed measles case in Mongolia was in the summer of 2010.

Worldwide, measles kills 400 people a day—or about 16 deaths every hour, most of whom are children under the age of five. Measles is the most highly infectious disease known, and it is easily prevented with just two doses of measles vaccine.