Global and regional burden of measles and vaccine coverage among children under 5 years, 1990−2023: a Global Burden of Disease Study

Measles remains a leading cause of vaccine-preventable burden among children, particularly in low-income settings. Despite decades of progress, there are indications of measles resurgence due to stagnation in vaccine coverage. Here, using the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2023, we systematically assessed measles incidence, mortality, disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and vaccine coverage (measles-containing vaccine 1 (MCV1) and measles-containing vaccine 2 (MCV2)) among children under 5 years of age across 204 countries and territories from 1990 to…

Competing interests A. Abdullahi reports support for the present paper from the International AIDS Society (IAS) (CIPHER award). S.

Afzal reports support for the present paper from the Institute of Public Health Lahore (study material, manuscripts, m... [14077 chars]