Eleventh Meeting of the WHO South-East Asia Regional Verification Commission for Measles and Rubella Elimination

22–23 June 2026, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Overview

The documents provides the details of the proceedings, conclusions and recommendations of the eleventh meeting of the WHO South-East Asia Regional Verification Commission for Measles and Rubella Elimination. The meeting reaffirmed the Region's commitment to achieving and sustaining measles and rubella elimination through evidence-based verification, stronger accountability and intensified country action. While progress has been substantial, persistent immunity gaps, uneven surveillance performance and importation risks require urgent, targeted and well-financed action. 

The Commission's conclusions and recommendations provide a clear path for Member States, National Verification Committees, WHO and partners to accelerate progress, protect elimination gains and move the Region closer to a future free of endemic measles and rubella transmission

WHO Team
Communicable Diseases, Immunization & Vaccines Development, SEARO Regional Office for the South East Asia (RGO), WHO South-East Asia
Editors
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
Number of pages
47
Reference numbers
WHO Reference Number: SEA-HDC-3
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