Current Affairs Question - 16 July 2020

Explanation :

• The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that measles and rubella have been eradicated from Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
• This makes them the first two countries in WHO South-East Asia Region to achieve measles and rubella elimination ahead of the 2023 target.
• Maldives reported last endemic case of measles in 2009 and of rubella in October 2015, while Sri Lanka reported last endemic case of measles in May 2016 and of rubella in March 2017.
• Member countries of WHO South-East Asia Region had set 2023 as target for elimination of measles and rubella, revising the goal of the flagship programme that since 2014 had focused on measles elimination and rubella control.
• Bhutan, North Korea and East Timor were also declared to be measles-free.