Brussels, Belgium – 3 May 2018
Over 14,000 people contracted measles in the EU in 20171 – three times more than in 2016. Human Papillomavirus, a vaccine preventable infection, is also responsible for 53,000 cases of cancer in the EU every year that is affecting both women and men.2 Influenza and Invasive Pneumococcal Infections are among the top of the list in burden of disease in the elderly population.3
