2. Measles: reduction by 95 per cent in measles deaths and 90 per cent of measles cases by 1995 as a major step to global eradication in the longer run

Progress made: Almost 40% decrease in measles cases each year

An estimated 30 million to 40 million cases of measles with some 770,000 deaths.

Reduce measles deaths by half.

Although a vaccine-preventable disease, measles is still a major child killer in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. In 14 countries measles vaccination coverage is less than 50%.