Geographic, gender, and age distribution of measles deaths in India: estimates from a nationally representative study of over 12000 child deaths

摘要

Background: Measles is an important cause of childhood mortality in India, however, its true burden and sub-national distribution is unknown. India's national measles mortality reduction plan identified key information gaps to be the lack of information on age, gender, and geographic distribution of measles transmission and deaths. Our objective is to address these gaps in knowledge and use a nationally-representative study of mortality to estimate the number and distribution of measles deaths in children aged 1 to 59 months.