Towards elimination of measles and rubella in Italy: Progress and challenges.
Giovanna AdamoValentina BaccoliniAzzurra MassimiDomenico BarbatoRosario Andrea CocchiaraCarolina Di PaoloAnnamaria MeleSara CianfanelliAurora AngelozziFulvio CastellaniCarla SalernoClaudia IsonneAntonino BellaAntonietta FiliaMartina Del MansoMelissa BaggieriLoredana NicolettiFabio MaguranoStefania IannazzoCarolina MarzuilloPaolo VillariPublished in: PloS one (2019)
The review of national ASUs is a crucial step to provide the NVC with useful insights into the elimination process and to guide the development of targeted interventions. Against this background, the seven recommendations proposed by the NVC have been shared with the Italian Ministry of Health and the Technical Advisory Group on measles and rubella elimination and have been incorporated into the new Italian Elimination Plan 2019-2023 as a technical aid to facilitate the achievement of disease elimination goals.