In its annual report on the virus, the World Health Organisation estimated that measles killed 90,000 people last year.
"This marks the first time global measles deaths have fallen below 100,000 per year", WHO said in a joint statement with other leading health agencies, including the vaccine alliance GAVI, the US Centers for Disease Control and the UN's children's agency UNICEF.
Measles deaths have fallen 84 per cent since 2000, the statement said.
"The world is still far from reaching regional measles elimination goals," it added.
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"Coverage with the first of two required doses of measles vaccine has stalled at approximately 85% since 2009, far short of the 95 per cent coverage needed to stop measles infections, and coverage with the second dose, despite recent increases, was only 64 per cent in 2016," the agencies said.
Nigeria, India and Pakistan are the countries with the hightest number of unvaccinated children.
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