Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Zambia: 2022/2023 Measles

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Zambia: 2022/2023 Measles

    Source: https://newsghana.com.gh/measles-bre...estern-zambia/

    Measles breaks out in northwestern Zambia
    By Xinhua -
    Jun 13, 2022

    Measles has broken out in northwestern Zambia’s Mushindano district, with three deaths reported so far, health authorities said on Monday.

    Ambrose Lufuma, the acting Minister of Health, said a total of 18 cases were reported in the district and three deaths as of June 6, 2022.

    Five new suspected cases affecting children between the ages of seven and 12 have been reported in the past 24 hours, he added.

    The outbreak, he said, has been attributed to low vaccine uptake, particularly among some social-cultural and religious groupings in the district...


  • #2
    Source: http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_th...t_78277114.htm

    Measles cases of infection rises to 95 in northwestern Zambia
    Xinhua, June 18, 2022

    LUSAKA, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Cumulative measles cases in northwestern Zambia's Mushindano district have risen to 95 following 12 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, a health official said Friday.

    Ambrose Lufuma, the acting minister of Health, told reporters during a press briefing that the vaccination campaign against measles in the district was progressing well, with more than 92 percent of the targeted population aged six months to 15 years having received the vaccine so far...

    Comment


    • #3
      WEEKLY BULLETIN ON OUTBREAKS
      AND OTHER EMERGENCIES

      Week 25: 13 - 19 June 2022
      Data as reported by: 17:00; 19 June 2022

      ...
      All events currently being monitored by WHO AFRO
      ...

      Zambia Measles Ungraded

      Date notified to WCO
      Start of reporting period 13-Jun-2022
      End of reporting period 13-Jun-2022

      Total cases 18
      Cases Confirmed
      Deaths 3
      CFR 16.7%


      An outbreak of measles involving 18 cases with three deaths have been reported from Mushindano district, North-Western Province, Zambia. The outbreak is reportedly occuring in a setting with low immunisation coverage against the disease.

      "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
      -Nelson Mandela

      Comment


      • #4
        bump this

        Comment


        • #5
          Source: http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_th...t_78402674.htm

          475 measles cases reported in Zambia
          Xinhua, September 3, 2022

          LUSAKA, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Measles, which initially broke out in northwestern Zambia early this year, has now spread to other parts of the country with a total of 475 cases reported so far, health authorities said on Friday.

          Sylvia Masebo, the Minister of Health, said measles cases and deaths have been reported in the Kafue district in Lusaka Province as well as the Sinazongwe and Pemba districts in the southern part of the country.

          She said four children, who were not vaccinated, have died in Kafue after testing positive for measles while Sinazongwe and Pemba districts have so far reported 57 and 73 cases, respectively...

          Comment


          • #6
            Source: https://menafn.com/1104807958/Zambia...over-23-deaths


            Zambia: Measles outbreak leaves over 23 deaths
            Date
            9/4/2022 4:22:24 AM

            (MENAFN) More than 23 people lost their lives of measles different areas of Zambia in August, according to officials on Friday.

            As said by Health Minister Sylvia Masebo, experts found a measles outbreak in Sinazongwe and Pemba, two districts placed in Zambia’s Southern Province.

            “In August, there were 73 cases and 13 deaths in Pemba, along with 57 cases and three fatalities in Sinazongwe,” she informed media in the capital Lusaka.

            Seven more demises were recorded in North-Western Province and Kafue, a district outside Lusaka...

            Comment


            • #7
              Source: https://tiozambia.com/four-measles-c...d-in-mpulungu/


              Four measles cases reported in Mpulungu
              News Maimbo Mweemba 22/02/2023

              Four confirmed measles cases have been recorded in Mpulungu and two cases in the neighbouring Senga District.

              Northern Province Public Health Specialist PAUL Mayeya said 200 unconfirmed cases have also been reported.

              And Dr Mayeya said Mungwi District recorded two cases which were suspected to be Cholera but it was discovered that the patients suffered of food poisoning which has since been treated...

              Comment

              Working...
              X