Literature regarding measles

As you review the literature regarding measles, what sources will you use to obtain the required information? What government websites will you explore? Are there local health statistics databases available? What are the first three things you will do as you begin working on an outbreak response plan? For example, will you begin by doing some research about the disease? Or would you begin by researching the literature on preventing/treating the disease among immigrant populations? Would you interview people familiar with the population? If so, who? Or would you do something else? Please explain your rationale.

READINGS

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2014). Measles (Rubeola): For Healthcare Professionals. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/measles/hcp/index.html

World Health Organization. (2009). Response to measles outbreaks in measles mortality reduction settings: Immunization, vaccines and biologicals. Available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK143959/ (web-friendly version) or at http://www.who.int/immunization/documents/diseases/measles_who_ivb_09_03/en/ (downloadable pdf version)