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South-East Asia's Measles and Rubella Elimination Deadline Falls

WHO South-East Asia's target to eliminate measles and rubella by 2026 reaches its deadline on 31 December, after being moved from 2020 to 2023 to 2026. The Regional Verification Commission warned in June that the target "may not be achieved" as outbreaks rise in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Thailand and Maldives.

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who.int/southeastasia/news/detail/10-10-2024-who-south-east-asia-region-sets-new-target-for-measles-and-rubella-elimination
who.int· Posted Sep 30, 2026· Starts Dec 31, 2026 ✓· 20% of score
At the Seventy-seventh Regional Committee on 10 October 2024 members "agreed to extend the target for elimination of measles and rubella by the Region, aspiring to achieve by 2026"; a year alone is taken as its last day.
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WHO South-East Asia Regional Verification Commission reviews progress (WHO SEARO)
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Experts body calls for urgent, focused efforts against measles in South-East Asia (WHO SEARO)
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Measles elimination and rubella/CRS control (WHO SEARO)
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Nepal verified for rubella elimination (WHO SEARO)
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Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang
Bangladesh's Catch-Up Measles-Rubella Campaign Closes
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Mohakhali, Dhaka, BangladeshMinistry of Health and Family Welfare (Bangladesh)
Starts 10/31/2026SCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterin 29 daysThe Daily Star^[1], 26 September 2026: "The campaign aims to cover an estimated 34 lakh children in the age group and will continue until October 31."
Bangladesh's month-long catch-up measles-rubella drive for about 3.4 million children aged 6 to 59 months, launched on 26 September by the health minister, is due to run until 31 October. It targets children missed by earlier rounds during the country's worst measles outbreak.
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Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang
PAHO Reviews US and Mexico Measles Elimination Status
Pan American Health Organization, 525 23rd Street NW, Washington, DC 20037, United StatesPan American Health Organization
Starts 11/30/2026DELAYEDDate confidence: DELAYEDThe date has movedHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all DELAYED pins7 months late68% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 68%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 59 daysPAHO^[1][2] says the review will occur "in November 2026, during the Commission's regular annual meeting" of the RVC, giving no day, so the pin takes the last day of November.
PAHO's Regional Verification Commission will decide in November 2026 whether the United States and Mexico, each a year into sustained measles transmission, keep their elimination status; Canada and the Americas region already lost theirs in November 2025.
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Health09/21/2026@HealthDesk
Measles Breaks Out Across Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Starts 03/15/2026ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins68% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 68%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidence201 days agoThe source^[1] dates the start only to "mid-March 2026", so the pin takes the middle of that month and leaves the end open: the outbreak is ongoing.
A measles outbreak that began in mid-March 2026 has killed 909 people with suspected symptoms and confirmed nearly 20,000 cases, by the Directorate General of Health Services' count as of 10 September. It is still running.
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Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang
Uganda Starts Five-Day National Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaign
Kampala, UgandaUganda Ministry of Health
10/01/2026 - 10/05/2026SCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1 day agoThe government's campaign notice and The Observer^[2] both give October 1-5, 2026 ("a five-day national measles-rubella vaccination campaign set for October").
Uganda's Ministry of Health runs a nationwide measles-rubella booster campaign from 1 to 5 October 2026 for children under five regardless of past vaccination, aiming for about 7.47 million children after measles outbreaks in 18 districts this year.
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Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang
South Australia Declares Adelaide Measles Outbreak Around Brighton School
Brighton Secondary School, 305 Brighton Road, North Brighton, South AustraliaSA Health
Starts 09/24/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins79% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 79%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better8 days agoSA Health alert dated 24 September 2026: "SA Health has been notified of three cases of measles in teenagers living in Adelaide ... This is a total of eight cases in 2026, with seven cases notified in 2025."^[1]
SA Health reported on 24 September three more measles cases in teenagers linked to an earlier case, its eighth of 2026 against seven in all of 2025. By 28 September the Brighton Secondary School cluster had five cases and the state total was nine, with 28 exposure sites listed.
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Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang
France Ends 2026 Chikungunya and Dengue Surveillance Season
Santé publique France, Saint-Maurice, FranceSanté publique France
Starts 11/30/2026ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins70% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 70%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 59 daysEstimated: SPF's data page says enhanced surveillance 'typically runs from May 1 to November 30'; the 2026 bulletin covers 1 May onward and no 2026 end date is stated.^[1]
Santé publique France's enhanced surveillance of chikungunya, dengue, Zika and West Nile normally closes on 30 November; as of 21 September 2026 it counted 13 chikungunya episodes with 90 locally acquired cases, plus 4 dengue episodes with 6 cases.
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Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang
PAHO: Americas Measles Passes 51,000 Cases in 2026
Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USAPAHO
Starts 09/01/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins78% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 78%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better31 days agoPAHO^[1][2][4] Situation Report #10 is titled '1 September 2026'; counts are for weeks 1-33 ending 22 August 2026.
PAHO's Situation Report #10 reports 51,027 confirmed measles cases and 55 deaths in 17 countries and territories in epidemiological weeks 1-33 of 2026 (to 22 August), led by Guatemala, Mexico, the US and Canada.
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Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang
Vaccination Week in the Americas 2027 Begins
Pan American Health Organization, 525 23rd Street NW, Washington, DC 20037, United StatesPan American Health Organization
04/24/2027 - 05/01/2027ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins69% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 69%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 204 daysEstimated: PAHO^[1][2][3] has not announced 2027 dates, but the week is held in the last week of April and the 2026 edition ran "From 25 April to 2 May, 2026" (24th annual), so the pin repeats that Saturday-to-Saturday slot from 24 April 2027.
PAHO and every country and territory in the Americas mark their 25th Vaccination Week at the end of April 2027, the yearly push to catch up children and adults on vaccines as measles spreads across the region.
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Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang
Polio Programme Targets Wild Poliovirus Eradication Certification by End-2027
World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva, SwitzerlandGlobal Polio Eradication Initiative
Starts 12/31/2027ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins70% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 70%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 1.2 yearsGPEI decided "to extend the timeline for certifying the eradication of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1)", with the revised strategy aiming at "certification of WPV1 eradication by end-2027"; a year alone is taken as its last day.^[1]
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative's extended strategy sets certification of wild poliovirus type 1 eradication by the end of 2027, with transmission in Afghanistan and Pakistan meant to stop first. Both countries still report cases.
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Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang
Polio Emergency Committee Due for Its 46th Review
World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva, SwitzerlandWorld Health Organization
Starts 11/21/2026ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins69% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 69%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 50 daysWHO^[1][2][3][4] gives no 46th meeting date; the 45th statement "extended the Temporary Recommendations ... effective, 21 August 2026" and recommended "extending the Temporary Recommendations for a further three months", which puts the next review near 21 November.
WHO extended the polio Temporary Recommendations for a further three months from 21 August 2026, so the IHR Emergency Committee is expected to review whether polio remains a public health emergency around late November. Wild poliovirus type 1 stays confined to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang
Bangladesh Dengue Deaths Reach 239 as September Toll Hits 142
Directorate General of Health Services, Mohakhali, Dhaka, BangladeshDirectorate General of Health Services (Bangladesh)
Starts 09/29/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins79% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 79%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better3 days agobdnews24^[1], 29 September 2026, citing DGHS: "six more dengue deaths as September toll rises to 142", 239 deaths so far this year.
Bangladesh's health directorate (DGHS) reported six more dengue deaths in the 24 hours to 8 am on 29 September, taking the 2026 toll to 239, with 142 deaths in September alone, the highest month this year. Hospitals admitted 1,942 patients in the day and 77,672 since January.
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Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang
Pakistan Confirms Fifth Wild Polio Case of 2026 in Bannu
Domel, Bannu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PakistanNational Emergency Operations Centre (Pakistan)
Starts 09/29/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins79% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 79%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better3 days agoGeo^[1] News^[2], 29 September 2026: the NEOC reported "the fifth polio case of 2026", a 17-month-old girl in Domel tehsil, Bannu.
Pakistan's National Emergency Operations Centre announced on 29 September a wild poliovirus case in a 17-month-old girl from Khandar Khankhel union council, Domel tehsil, Bannu district, the fifth of 2026. Four of the five cases are from Bannu division; Pakistan reported 31 in 2025.
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