2025-11-28 from ctvnews.ca

Global measles cases fell 71 per cent to 11 million from the year 2000 to 2024, driven by improved vaccination coverage, the World Health Organization said in a report on Friday.

Vaccination has prevented nearly 59 million deaths globally during this period, according to the report.

Deaths dropped even more sharply by 88 per cent to 95,000 in 2024, among the lowest annual tolls since 2000.

However, estimated cases in 2024 rose 8 per cent, while deaths dropped 11 per cent, compared with 2019 pre-pandemic levels, reflecting a shift in disease burden from low-income to middle-income countries, which have lower fatality ratios, the report said.

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