In 2023, on March 1, a seminar on measles prevention was held for medical workers of the central emergency station of the Abay region. Interns of the 620th group of GPD of SMU, NCJSC reported on the epidemiological situation of measles in the world. Infectionists in their lecture noted that measles is a highly contagious severe disease of viral origin with an airborne transmission mechanism and that the contagiousness index for this infection approaches 100%.

The measles clinic and its complications were covered in detail, and the algorithm for providing medical care to patients with measles was presented separately. The speakers noted that timely and complete vaccination is the key to ensuring individual and population immunity to measles and other vaccine-preventable infections.

Shaimardanov N.K., Smail E.M.

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