The Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) in accordance with International Health Regulations (2005) were obliged to appoint National IHR Focal Points (N IHR FP), of which tasks include obtaining information concerning public health emergencies of international concern which occurred abroad or within the country. The aim of this work is the review of WHO, ECDC, National IHR Focal Points from the WHO Member States and The State Sanitary Inspection notifications related to measles received by National IHR Focal Point in Poland in the period from 2010 to 2016. During this period N IHR FP was informed about 79 events related to measles. These events include: 36 related to the outbreaks in different countries, 27 concerning individual cases, 14 related to the exposure in contact with a measles case during air travel and two concerning the implementation of the MMR vaccination programs. Despite the progress in implementing the measures included in the elimination of measles programs in Europe, there was a significant increase in the number of measles cases and outbreaks particularly in years 2010-2011.

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