Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Measles is generally characterised by appearance of fever, diffuse maculopapular rashes and triad of cough, coryza and conjunctivitis with a high infectivity rate of up to 18. The incidence of Measles in Malaysia has risen from 197 cases in 2015 to 873/1 mil population in 2016. Despite the implementation of the national Measles Elimination Program (MEP) Measles still remain endemic with a triennial peak. Since 2015 the trend of Measles cases is on a rise in WPKL and Putrajaya. Methodology: Measles data from the Ministry of Health (MOH) e-measles and e-notification system was analysed from five districts under WPKL andP. RESULTS: A total of 169 confirmed Measles cases were identified from 931 notified cases with 11 Measles outbreaks recorded throughout 2018. Male and females were equally affected with Malays being predominant (87%). Majority of the cases were from the Titiwangsa district (38%). The most affected age group were children below the age of 6 (70%), 42% aged below one. From the affected population 39% were either un-immunised or had unknown vaccination status. DISCUSSION: Measles remains as a constant threat to the population. Vaccination coverage and pockets of unimmunised sub-population remains a major reason for this. Continuous efforts such as a three yearly supplementary immunization mopping up activity, strict laboratory surveillance system and raising awareness on the importance of vaccination would be the key step in reaching Measles elimination by 2025.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-273,
title = {Situational Analysis of Measles Cases Among Population in WPKL \& P for 2018.},
author = {Rosvinder Singh and Rohaya Ramli},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Measles is generally characterised by appearance of fever, diffuse maculopapular rashes and triad of cough, coryza and conjunctivitis with a high infectivity rate of up to 18. The incidence of Measles in Malaysia has risen from 197 cases in 2015 to 873/1 mil population in 2016. Despite the implementation of the national Measles Elimination Program (MEP) Measles still remain endemic with a triennial peak. Since 2015 the trend of Measles cases is on a rise in WPKL and Putrajaya. Methodology: Measles data from the Ministry of Health (MOH) e-measles and e-notification system was analysed from five districts under WPKL andP. RESULTS: A total of 169 confirmed Measles cases were identified from 931 notified cases with 11 Measles outbreaks recorded throughout 2018. Male and females were equally affected with Malays being predominant (87%). Majority of the cases were from the Titiwangsa district (38%). The most affected age group were children below the age of 6 (70%), 42% aged below one. From the affected population 39% were either un-immunised or had unknown vaccination status. DISCUSSION: Measles remains as a constant threat to the population. Vaccination coverage and pockets of unimmunised sub-population remains a major reason for this. Continuous efforts such as a three yearly supplementary immunization mopping up activity, strict laboratory surveillance system and raising awareness on the importance of vaccination would be the key step in reaching Measles elimination by 2025.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Jabatan Kesihatan Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur dan Putrajaya},
keywords = {measles, Vaccine preventable diseases},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}