Twelfth meeting of the European Regional Verification Commission for Measles and Rubella Elimination: 8–11 September 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark

ABSTRACT

The Twelfth meeting of the European Regional Verification Commission for Measles and Rubella Elimination (RVC) took place in Copenhagen, Denmark on 8–11 September 2023, to review the 2022 annual status updates (ASUs) from Member States of the WHO European Region. The RVC evaluated 52 national ASUs for 2022 submitted by the countries’ national verification committees. The RVC concluded that, by the end of 2022, 33 Member States had provided evidence to demonstrate that endemic transmission of measles was interrupted for at least 36 months and were thereby verified as having eliminated the disease. Similarly, 49 Member States interrupted endemic rubella transmission for at least 36 months and were verified as having eliminated the disease.