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GOVERNMENT PLEDGES TO ERADICATE MEASLES AND YELLOW FEVER

by Editorial staffMarch 26, 2022

The Minister of Health and Population, Gilbert Mokoki indicated on March 25 in Brazzaville that the government was committed to finding solutions against the epidemiological outbreak of measles and yellow fever in the country.

“Between January 2021 and March 2022, Congo recorded more than 4,476 cases of measles in all departments, with the point noire department as its epicenter, with 113 deaths, especially among children under the age of 5,” Gilbert Mokoki told AFP. opening of the extraordinary meeting of the inter-agency coordination committee for the expanded immunization programme.

Gilbert Mokoki also said that "according to the latest analyses, Congo has been exposed since 2021 to the appearance of yellow fever which has caused six cases of death".

Faced with the urgency and the threat of these diseases, the Minister of Health and Population has initiated this extraordinary meeting of the coordination committee for the expanded program on vaccination, together with the traditional partners of the agencies of the United Nations systems, in to determine some measles and yellow fever response measures, including risk communication, case management and vaccination.

According to the director of the expanded vaccination program Alexis Mourou-Moyoka, the vaccination campaign against measles is scheduled for April 15 and that of yellow fever is planned for May 15 of the current year.

https://www.vox.cg/2022/03/le-gouvernement-sengage-a-eradiquer-la-rougeole-et-la-fievre-jaune/

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Source: https://www.africanews.com/2022/04/0...sles-epidemic/

Health authorities in Congo declare measles epidemic
with Cedric Lyonnel Sehossolo
Last updated: 21 hours ago

Health authorities in the Republic of Congo have declared a measles epidemic.

Pointe Noire and the district of Ntchamba-Nsassi in the south of the country are among the most affected areas with more than 3,400 cases, including 78 deaths, mainly among children under five, according to the Ministry of Health and Population...

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Source: https://theprint.in/world/132-die-of...-congo/935445/


132 die of measles in Republic of Congo
ANI
28 April, 2022 11:31 pm IST

Brazzaville [DR Congo], April 28 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 132 people have lost their lives due to contracting measles out of 6,259 cases recorded as of April 24 throughout the Republic of the Congo, Congolese Health Minister Gilbert Mokoki said Thursday.

According to the minister, the region of Pointe-Noire, the economic capital of the country, is the epicentre of the epidemic with 5,488 cases reported including 112 deaths since the beginning of 2022.

“Most of these deaths occurred among people admitted late to care centres,” the Congolese health minister said.

The Health Ministry has implemented actions to raise awareness among the population of the presumptive signs of measles and early use of the health service, said the minister.

The Congolese government has taken measures to strengthen epidemiological surveillance and routine vaccination...

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Congo-Brazzaville tries to control the measles epidemic

While measles has killed more than 130 Congolese since the beginning of the year, the authorities are preparing to launch a massive vaccination campaign.

Badr Kidiss
Written on 06/21/2022

The response is preparing. Faced with outbreaks of measles since the beginning of the year, Congo-Brazzaville wants to launch a vaccination campaign for children aged 6 months to 9 years throughout the territory. Good news when you know that this disease has killed at least 132 Congolese since the beginning of the year. According to the Ministry of Health, the department of Pointe-Noire, the country's economic capital, is the epicenter of the epidemic with 5,488 notified cases including 112 deaths.

At the end of April, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Unicef warned of the appearance of "major epidemic outbreaks" of measles, yellow fever and a variant of poliomyelitis in around twenty African countries. Between January and March of this year, Africa even witnessed a 400% increase in measles cases.

Faced with this situation, the Congolese government wants to avoid the worst. "From July 30 to August 5, 2022, we will launch this response which will target children aged 6 months to 9 years. The objective of this campaign is to reach 95% of targeted children, i.e. 1,243,000 children, by implementing several strategies" , explains Dr. Alexis Mourou Moyoka, medical colonel, pediatrician and head of the Extended Vaccination Program (EPI) in the Republic of Congo.

Low vaccination coverage

The resurgence of measles was anticipated by many observers, given that vaccination campaigns have been disrupted since the appearance of Covid-19 on African soil. In 2020, the WHO estimated that at least 22 million newborns had not been vaccinated against this highly contagious disease. Same story in Congo, where "the occurrence of the health crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic caused a drop in national vaccination coverage to 73% in 2020" , specifies Dr Mourou.

This future campaign to respond to the measles epidemic is organized in an integrated manner with the mass preventive campaign against yellow fever. This targets all children aged 9 months to 60 years, and will take place in the 52 health districts of the Congo .

https://www.allodocteurs.africa/le-congo-brazzaville-tente-de-maitriser-lepidemie-de-rougeole-7540.html