Measles remain to be among the most contagious diseases around the world. Most of the countries have been able to fight measles by vaccinating their population. However, there are countries which are yet to get off the disease Measles is easily transmitted from an infected person to a healthy person when they cough or sneeze. The main symptoms of a measles patient include having red watery eyes, red spots all over the body and having a runny nose. Measles is very dangerous and it easily causes death and other diseases like pneumonia, brain damage and deafness. If a person is not vaccinated, they can easily contract measles. The number of measles victims in the US has reduced over the years but the number is still high. In 2019, US recorded about 1282 cases of measles, all of which were related to travel (CDC, 2021). Measles vaccination started in US in the year 1963. Before 1963, over 4 million people were being diagnosed with measles every year (Patel et al., 2020).

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Background (Milestone One)

Global vaccination is key to prevention of measles around the world.

The young people are at high risk of measles infection.

Children should be vaccinated at 12 to 15 months for the first dose and at 4 to 6 years for second dose (Patel et al., 2020).

Vaccination reduce the cost of management and creates a healthy community.

The vaccination aims at achieving a measles free population.

To protect others whom one comes to contact with.