Category Archives: Measles

HEALTH: Beating measles – one more push?

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

  Vaccines against measles have been around for decades and are highly effective, yet the campaign against the disease in recent years has had a bumpy ride. The first target of the 21st century – to halve the number of … Continue reading →

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Measles Immunization:1.7 million Children Targeted

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

NAIROBI, 21 December 2011 (IRIN) – Amid rising measles and polio cases, tens of thousands of children are being targeted for immunization in health campaigns in affected regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to the UN Children’s … Continue reading →

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Cholera, Measles Kill Hundreds:DRC

Posted on July 14, 2011 by

Outbreaks of measles and cholera in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo have killed hundreds of people, with thousands more infected, says an official of the UN World Health Organization (WHO). “Since September 2010, 115,484 measles cases and 1,145 … Continue reading →

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