WHO declares Brazil to be measles free

Q.  WHO has declared which BRICS nation to be free of measles in July 2016?
- Published on 29 Jul 16

a. Brazil
b. Russia
c. India
d. China

ANSWER: Brazil
 
WHO has declared Brazil free of measles after no case of the disease was registered in the last year.
  • WHO will issue a certification for the eradication of measles to Brazil.
  • Brazil saw no domestic cases of measles from 1985 to 2000 though it broke out in 2013 in Pernambuco and Ceara.
  • WHO worked alongside Pan American Health Organisation to stamp out the disease.
  • Global measles deaths have decreased by 79 percent according to WHO from 546,800 in 2000 to 114,900 in 2014.
  • WHO is a specialised agency of the UN concerned with International public health established in 1948.

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