Measles in Nigeria Vs The United Kingdom - The role of healthcare and its capacity for positively promoting health
Introduction – Global Trends According to the World Health Organization (WHO) (2019), measles is a virus-borne disease that is exceedingly contagious and dangerous. Until the introduction of the measles vaccine in 1963 and widespread immunization, major epidemics occurred every 2–3 years, killing an estimated 2.6 million people each year. Measles is caused by a paramyxovirus virus that is transmitted through direct touch and the air. After invading the respiratory tract, the virus travels throughout the body. Measles appears to be a human disease that does not infect animals. Measles mortality have decreased dramatically as a result of increased vaccine campaigns (WHO, 2019; NHS, 2022). Measles is a highly contagious viral disease that is particularly harmful to children and can result in severe diarrhea, ear infections, blindness, pneumonia, and encephalitis (swelling of the brain). Some of these issues can result in death (UNICEF, 2022; National Center for Immunization and Respirat