Tanzania: Start Mass Immunization Against Measles Now

editorial

Why has measles broken out and little is being done to contain it? Why is the ministry of Health and Social Welfare dragging its feet on launching a mass immunisation campaign against it?

The fact that no fewer than 1,573 measles cases have been reported in six Mainland regions since early this year is frightening.

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