Spotlight on measles

A VaccinesWork focus on measles: super contagious, damaging, deadly – and always more destructive amid poverty. Stick with us to find out more about this.

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Health care provider places a bandage on the injection site of a pregnant patient. Credit: CDC

Measles and pregnancy: 5 things doctors urgently want you to know

13 Jun 2025

4 min read

Measles Spotlight on measles Maternal and child health

Mwimba Health Post. Credit: Memory Mwezi

Why smaller vials of vaccine might help Zambia expand measles coverage

8 Nov 2024

5 min read

Measles Spotlight on measles

A child's information leaflet encouraging vaccination during Dr Ben Kasstan-Dabush’s measles outreach project targeting the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in London. Credit: Dr Ben Kasstan-Dabush

How the West lost its grip on measles (and what we can do about it)

8 Nov 2024

10 min read

Measles Spotlight on measles

Children in Enugu State are vaccinated against measles during a major catch-up campaign. Credit: UNICEF/2024/Chika Ezeugwu

24 million Nigerian kids to be vaccinated against measles in major campaign

7 Nov 2024

5 min read

Measles Spotlight on measles

A boy receives the measles and rubella vaccination during a nationwide campaign in Pakistan. Credit: Gavi/2021/Asad Zaidi

The story of measles in five charts

6 Nov 2024

3 min read

Measles Spotlight on measles

A female nurse in India loading the measles vaccine from a vial during a routine measles vaccination session. Credit: Gavi/2023/Prakhar Deep Jain

Could we eradicate measles?

5 Nov 2024

6 min read

Measles Spotlight on measles

Adolescent girls proudly show the ink mark on the tip of their finger: proof that they have been vaccinated against measles and rubella during a nationwide campaign in Karachi, Sindh province, Pakistan. Credit: Gavi/2021/Asad Zaidi

Measles: a VaccinesWork briefing

4 Nov 2024

4 min read

Measles Spotlight on measles

Leakemariam Tefera, student at Fasiledes Primary School, Gondar, Ethiopia. Credit: Gavi/2022/Maheder Haileselassie

After measles, a life in the dark

8 Apr 2024

11 min read

Measles Spotlight on measles

Mothers waiting in a queue at a vaccination center in Minkaman. Credit: Mothers waiting in a queue at a vaccination center in Minkaman

South Sudan’s nationwide anti-measles campaign pays off

12 Sep 2023

5 min read

Measles Spotlight on measles Vaccine campaigns

A vaccine awareness campaign in Punjab, Pakistan. Credit: Expanded Program of Immunisation, Punjab.

“I will never forget”: a father in Pakistan recalls almost losing his baby to measles

12 Jul 2023

5 min read

Measles Spotlight on measles

A child in Kausa. Credit: Gavi/2023/ Prakhar Deep Jain

An anatomy of an outbreak: Measles hits urban India

28 Apr 2023

17 min read

Measles Spotlight on measles Outbreaks

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