The WHO notes that Australia was one of nine countries in the Western Pacific which had eliminated measles -- using a three-year period of "no prolonged local transmission" as the definition of elimination.
I-WHO iphawula ukuthi i-Australia ibingelinye lamazwe ayisishiyagalolunye eWestern Pacific ebeliqede isimungumungwane - lisebenzisa isikhathi seminyaka emithathu "sokungathumeli isikhathi eside kwendawo" njengencazelo yokuqeda.