I work as a senior expert on communicable diseases for the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). The views and opinions expressed in this EIW blog are my personal ones and do not reflect those of ECDC.

Like many other communicable diseases, measles fluctuates over time. It has a seasonal variation with more cases occurring during spring and early summer and it also has a longer cycle with regular peaks separated by years with low transmission.…

by Niklas Danielsson

I work as a Senior Expert on communicable diseases for the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Views and opinion in this article are all mine and does not reflect ECDC.

Childhood immunisations are a public good. The vaccines protect individual children and populations while at the same time reducing society’s costs for health care. Governments around the world opt for providing childhood…