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Thousands of measles deaths averted by Indian vaccination campaign

Programme’s success shows that the country could end mortality from the disease.
An India health worker injects a school pupil with a measles and rubella vaccine while other pupils wait to receive the vaccine

A vaccination against measles and rubella is given to a child in India, where many of the world’s childhood deaths from measles occur. Credit: Biju Boro/AFP/Getty

A measles vaccination campaign in India saved the lives of tens of thousands of children between 2010 and 2013.

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Nature 567, 287 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00819-1

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