Source: http://cajnewsafrica.com/2019/05/27/...sles-eruption/
75 kids dead in Nigeria measles eruption
from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria
ABUJA, (CAJ News) ? NIGERIA has embarked on one of the biggest vaccination campaigns against measles following the death of at least 75 children from the disease this year.
All 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory are affected but most deaths have occurred at camps housing thousands of civilians displaced by the notorious Boko Haram terror group northeast of the country.
Borno, which is the base of the Islamist militants, is the most affected state with 15 237 suspected measles cases.
Government and humanitarian agencies have vaccinated more than 1,2 million children aged between six months and six years...
75 kids dead in Nigeria measles eruption
from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria
ABUJA, (CAJ News) ? NIGERIA has embarked on one of the biggest vaccination campaigns against measles following the death of at least 75 children from the disease this year.
All 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory are affected but most deaths have occurred at camps housing thousands of civilians displaced by the notorious Boko Haram terror group northeast of the country.
Borno, which is the base of the Islamist militants, is the most affected state with 15 237 suspected measles cases.
Government and humanitarian agencies have vaccinated more than 1,2 million children aged between six months and six years...
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