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Unicef, 9 October 2019
UNICEF is vaccinating thousands more children against measles and rushing life-saving medicines to health centers across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as deaths from… Read more »
4,000 People Die From Measles In DR Congo
The number of measles cases in DR Congo has more than tripled in 2019, compared to the whole of 2018. UNICEF is vaccinating thousands more children against measles and rushing life-saving medicines to health centres across the country, as deaths from the world's largest measles outbreak top 4,000.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Parents Rush to Get Measles Vaccine After Recent Outbreak Kills Thousands of Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
WHO, 11 October 2019
Hypolite Mandala and his wife, Nadège, were among the first parents to arrive for the measles vaccination at Nzombi Health Centre in Masi Manimba, a village 400 km south of… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Response Overshadows DRC's Fragile Health System
MSF, 9 October 2019
In Mabalako, a rural health zone in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Ebola epidemic has taken its toll on the fragile health system. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: The Compounding Challenges of World's Worst Measles Outbreak
The Conversation Africa, 7 October 2019
An outbreak of measles that began in early 2019 in the southeast corner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has now spread to all 26 provinces. Over 180,000 cases and… Read more »
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Africa: 3, 000 Killed by Deadly Virus in DR Congo - And It's Not Ebola
The Conversation Africa, 20 September 2019
Ebola outbreaks, such as the current one in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has claimed 2,074 people's lives, are widely covered in the media. But another virus… Read more »
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Africa: World at Risk From Deadly Pandemics
Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, 18 September 2019
Governments and international institutions must take bold steps to manage the mounting threat of deadly disease outbreaks. This is the stark warning of a report released today by… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: How the Ebola Crisis Has Led to Children Dying From Measles
The Conversation Africa, 9 July 2019
Forty-five years ago, the World Health Organisation launched the Expanded Programme on Immunisation. It covered six diseases - measles, tuberculosis, polio, diphtheria, pertussis… Read more »
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Medicins Sans Frontiers has said that in the first five months of 2019, more than 1,500 measles-related deaths were officially recorded, making this the worst measles epidemic ... Read more »
