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Published online 17 October 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news031013-12

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Meeting calls for measles clamp down

US$600 million needed for developing world vaccinations say public health officials.

International public health officials are rallying this week to remind a complacent West of its responsibility to tackle measles. The disease is the biggest vaccine-preventable cause of child death in the world.

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