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Reported measles incidence per million population, by World Health Organization region and worldwide, 2000–2011
Abbreviations: AFR = African; AMR = Americas; EMR = Eastern Mediterranean; EUR = European; SEAR = South-East Asia; WPR = Western Pacific.
* As a milestone to measles eradication, the World Health Organization has set a goal of reducing the global incidence of measles to <5 cases per million population by 2015.
