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PAHO re-verifies Brazil as a measles-free country

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PAHO re-verifies Brazil as a measles-free country

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With this achievement, the Americas regains its status as a region free of endemic measles.Brasilia, November 12, 2024 (PAHO) – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, and the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, today confirmed that Brazil has been re-verified as free of measles, rubella, and congenital rubella syndrome (CRS). This means that the Americas has now recovered its status as a region free of endemic measles, a milestone first achieved in 2016.

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