We share David Heymann and colleagues' concern that "any eventual strategy for measles eradication should truly strengthen routine immunisation and should not become a substitute".1 Simply put, any measles eradication strategy should strengthen the overall health system's capacity for improved surveillance and delivery of services, not just immunisation. That was the experience with the eradication of poliomyelitis, measles, and, more recently, rubella and congenital rubella syndrome in the Americas.
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