The Measles Initiative The Role of the Federation

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The Measles Initiative - The Role of the
Federation
Past and Present
7th Annual Measles Initiative Meeting A
merican Red Cross
27-28 February 2007
Jean Roy, International Federation
Geneva
Photo by Brad Hersh, CDC/IFRC
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Events leading to the 2001 Measles Initiative
a one minute history lesson!

• 1995-1998 Diphtheria Outbreak in Former Soviet
  Union
  
• 1996-1997 Discovering the Rotary of Measles
  
  
• 1997-2000 Drs. Kreysler Sandbladh (ARC/CDC
  union)
  
• 1998 First Measles assignee to IFRC
  (J. Roy)
  
• 1999 First CDC Epidemiologist to
  IFRC (B. Hersh)
  
• WDR 2000 Focus on Public Health
• 2000 WHO/CDC 1st SIA Uganda (M.
  Grabowsky)
  
• 2000-2001 First CDC assignee to ARC (M.
  Grabowsky)
  
• 2001 ARC Vice President Gerry Jones
  commitment
  
• 1st Measles Initiative
  Meeting, ARC
  

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Measles/Polio Appeal Income, 2000-2006
Donor response in Swiss
francs 2003 incl. 1 million USDs from Federa
tion Foundation, carried over to 2004-06
2005-06 largely supported by Norwegian Swedish
RCs
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Measles campaign support in 2005

• 9 countries (Bangladesh, Botswana,
• Central Africa Republic, Côte dIvoire, DR Congo,
  Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Tanzania,
  Tunisia)
  
• 43.1 million beneficiaries
• Est. number of deaths averted 294,868

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Measles Campaign Support in 2006

• 8 countries (Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Burundi,
• Kenya, DR Congo, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana)
• Number of volunteers
• Beneficiaries 43 million
• Est. number of deaths averted 290,000

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