Measles

European Immunization Week, 2020

The campaign is marked across Europe every April and aims to raise awareness of the importance of immunisation. ECDC supports the week by launching a new European Vaccination Information Portal with up to date information on measles vaccination.

Monthly measles and rubella monitoring reports

ECDC publishes a monthly surveillance report on measles and rubella data submitted by the 30 EU/EEA countries.

See the latest surveillance data

Infographic: Measles affects all age groups

Measles can be contracted at any age. Infants and children are often believed to be the only age groups affected by measles, but the disease also spreads among teenagers and adults. Check your vaccination status.

See the Infographic

Vaccine Schedule

The Vaccine Schedule is an interactive platform of vaccination schedules for individual European countries and specific age groups.

Go to the Vaccine Schedule

Key outputs

Monthly measles and rubella monitoring reports

ECDC publishes a monthly surveillance report on measles and rubella data submitted by the 30 EU/EEA countries.

Risk assessment: Who is at risk of measles in the EU/EEA?

28 May 2019 - A large epidemic of measles has affected the EU/EEA Member States in the past three years, with 44 074 cases reported to ECDC by 30 Member States between 1 January 2016 and 31 March 2019.

European Immunization Week, 2019

24 Apr 2019 to 30 Apr 2019 - European Immunization Week (EIW) is marked across the European Region every April. It aims to raise awareness of the importance of immunisation for people’s health and well-being.

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Congenital rubella syndrome (CRS)

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Disease programmes and networks

EUVAC.Net

Peer-reviewed publications

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Application of a new methodology and R package reveals a high burden of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in Germany compared to the average in the European Union/European Economic Area, 2011 to 2012

Nov 2019

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Children Immunization App (CIMA) among Syrian refugees in Zaatari Camp, Jordan: Protocol for a cluster randomized controlled pilot trial intervention study

Oct 2019

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Why we need more collaboration in Europe to enhance post-marketing surveillance of vaccines

Oct 2019

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Health crisis in Venezuela: Status of communicable diseases and implications for the European union and European economic area, may 2019

Jan 2019

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Can economic indicators predict infectious disease spread? A cross-country panel analysis of 13 European countries

Jan 2019

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Measles

European Immunization Week, 2020

Monthly measles and rubella monitoring reports

Infographic: Measles affects all age groups

Vaccine Schedule

Latest updates

Number of measles deaths by country, EU/EEA and the UK, August 2019 - July 2020

Number of measles cases by month and notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA and the UK, August 2019– July 2020

Number of measles cases by country, EU/EEA and the United Kingdom, July 2020

Measles notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA and the UK, August 2019 - July 2020

Communicable disease threats report, 16-22 August 2020, week 34

Communicable disease threats report, 5-11 July 2020, week 28

Communicable disease threats report, 14-20 June 2020, week 25

Communicable disease threats report, 3-9 May 2020, week 19

Measles continues to spread across the EU/EEA – No time for complacency

ECDC: Insufficient vaccination coverage in EU/EEA fuels continued measles circulation

Overall decrease of measles cases in the EU/EEA – but caseload remains high in some countries

Measles continues to circulate in the EU/EEA, with new outbreaks reported

European Immunization Week, 2020

5th ESCMID Conference on Vaccines: Vaccines against respiratory infections: new insights and new vaccines

European Immunisation Week April, 2017

European Immunisation Week: ECDC highlights resources available on measles and rubella

Number of measles deaths by country, EU/EEA and the UK, August 2019 - July 2020

Number of measles cases by month and notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA and the UK, August 2019– July 2020

Number of measles cases by country, EU/EEA and the United Kingdom, July 2020

Measles notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA and the UK, August 2019 - July 2020

Key outputs

Monthly measles and rubella monitoring reports

Risk assessment: Who is at risk of measles in the EU/EEA?

European Immunization Week, 2019

Related content

Vaccine-preventable diseases

2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic

Cholera

Congenital rubella syndrome (CRS)

Diphtheria

Hepatitis B

Disease programmes and networks

EUVAC.Net

Peer-reviewed publications

Application of a new methodology and R package reveals a high burden of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in Germany compared to the average in the European Union/European Economic Area, 2011 to 2012

Children Immunization App (CIMA) among Syrian refugees in Zaatari Camp, Jordan: Protocol for a cluster randomized controlled pilot trial intervention study

Why we need more collaboration in Europe to enhance post-marketing surveillance of vaccines

Health crisis in Venezuela: Status of communicable diseases and implications for the European union and European economic area, may 2019

Can economic indicators predict infectious disease spread? A cross-country panel analysis of 13 European countries

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