{"id":21953,"date":"2025-06-19T10:48:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T00:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mvec.mcri.edu.au\/?p=21953"},"modified":"2025-06-19T10:48:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T00:48:01","slug":"ahpc-statement-on-measles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mvec.mcri.edu.au\/hi\/ahpc-statement-on-measles\/","title":{"rendered":"AHPC statement on measles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With the recent increase in measles cases occurring internationally and across Australia, the Australian Health Protection Committee (AHPC) has highlighted 4 key priority areas to focus efforts:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on-time vaccination for children<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">catch-up vaccination for children and adults<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">vaccination for travellers (including an additional measles vaccination for those aged 6\u201311 months travelling to countries where outbreaks are occurring)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nationally consistent information for healthcare providers and the public.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Measles is highly infectious, causing severe disease and complications (including otitis media, pneumonia, encephalitis, and can be fatal). Between 1 January and 27 May 2025, 77 people have been diagnosed with measles in Australia, most were people aged 20 to 49 years who were either unvaccinated or unsure of vaccine status and had travelled overseas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Vaccination is very effective in preventing disease; receiving 2 doses of a measles-containing vaccines will protect 99% of people.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more information, read the full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.gov.au\/news\/ahpc-statement-on-measles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AHPC statement<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mvec.mcri.edu.au\/references\/measles\/\">\u090f\u092e\u0935\u0940\u0908\u0938\u0940: \u0916\u0938\u0930\u093e<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the recent increase in measles cases occurring internationally and across Australia, the Australian Health Protection Committee (AHPC) has highlighted<\/p>","protected":false},"author":493,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[87,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-external"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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