The coping mechanisms the DRC is putting in place as it faces Ebola, measles and COVID-19: A child receives a vaccine against Ebola from a nurse in Goma on August 7, 2019. AUGUSTIN WAMENYA/AFP via Getty ImagesEbola, a viral haemorrhagic fever of humans and other primates, has become endemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The country has had 10 outbreaks in 40 years … [Read more...] about The coping mechanisms the DRC is putting in place as it faces Ebola, measles and COVID-19 | The Conversation
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How the DRC’s Ebola crisis has led to children dying from measles | The Conversation
How the DRC's Ebola crisis has led to children dying from measles: A health worker administers the Ebola vaccine. EPA-EFEForty-five years ago, the World Health Organisation launched the Expanded Programme on Immunisation. It covered six diseases – measles, tuberculosis, polio, diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus. Since then, anti-measles vaccines have been distributed to millions … [Read more...] about How the DRC’s Ebola crisis has led to children dying from measles | The Conversation
Vaccination More Important Than Ever As Measles Makes A Comeback
Vaccination More Important Than Ever As Measles Makes A Comeback: Vaccination More Important Than Ever As Measles Makes A Comeback: Measles remains one of the leading causes of death among young children globally, claiming 134 200 lives in 2015, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Of these deaths, the majority were children under the age of five. Measles is, … [Read more...] about Vaccination More Important Than Ever As Measles Makes A Comeback
Measles vaccination campaign launched in Mogadishu
APO News from Africa: Measles vaccination campaign launched in Mogadishu: The World Health Organization with the Federal Government of Somalia and UNICEF launched a preventative measles vaccination campaign yesterday targeting 125 000 children aged 6 to 59 months from communities of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Banadir and Afgoye. The campaign was launched by … [Read more...] about Measles vaccination campaign launched in Mogadishu
4.7 million children in vaccination campaign against measles in northeast Nigeria
4.7 million children in vaccination campaign against measles in northeast Nigeria: In a major vaccination campaign concluding this week, 4.7 million children are being vaccinated in response to a measles outbreak in northeast Nigeria. The campaign is covering the three states most affected by the Boko Haram conflict – Adamawa, Borno and Yobe – where insecurity has … [Read more...] about 4.7 million children in vaccination campaign against measles in northeast Nigeria
