Course Description
Repercussions of the present trends in measles vaccination due to increasing exemptors – short and long term effects on the developed and developing world. • Efforts required on the part of the Child Neurology fraternity to help with the drive for regional and eventually global eradication. Lessons from Smallpox and Polio. • Latest understanding into the neuro-immunology of the measles virus, highlighting the role of research options in the treatment and or cure of SSPE.
Learning Objectives
- Know the present status of measles with a global perspective. How the present drop in immunization is going to affect the clinical scenario – today and in the future, along with their role in the eradication process.
- Understand the neuroimmunology of the measles virus – understanding present and future research in the treatment and cure for SSPE.
Impact Statements
- Understand the implications of drop in measles vaccination – the immediate and long term picture. How this knowledge will help to convince patients to immunize their children. How each of us can help in the measles eradication process
- Understand the neuroimmunology of the measles virus. Understand different research options in SSPE, with the hope of a cure or treatment in the near future.
Organizer:
Anaita Udwadia-Hegde, MD, MRCPCH
Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre, SRCC NH Children’s Hospital, Wadia Children’s Hospital, Mumbai, India
Impact of the Measles Outbreak – A Global Perspective
Kristen A. Feemster, MD, MPH, MSPHR; Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Measles Eradication – Where do we Stand
Anaita Udwadia-Hegde, MD, MRCPCH
Why Can’t we Eradicate Measles – Data from the Developing World
Pauline Samia, MBchB, MMed Peds, MPhil; Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya
Newer Understanding of the Immunological Basis of Measles & SSPE
Banu Anlar, MD; Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
