‘3Cs’). It carries a high risk of complications and in
the
worst case scenarios can result in mortality [2].
In
2002, the WHO Region of the Americas was declared the
first
Region to successfully achieve measles elimination. This followed
the
implementation of a measles elimination strategy over
a
30-year period, divided into 4 phases: the Expanded Program on
Immunization
(EPI), the start-up phase for elimination, the elimination
phase,
and the post-elimination phase [