Japan’s MHLW Anticipates Measles Outbreak In 2008
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Anticipating a measles outbreak in spring 2008, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare asked the National Institute of Infectious Diseases to set up an expert team to support local prefecture and city governments. A measles outbreak in spring 2007 caused concern that the virus could spread nationwide in 2008. Allied with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, MHLW aims to bring the disease under control by 2012. (Click for more - Japanese language