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Source: http://www.unicef.org/media/media_71798.html
Measles outbreak threatens children's lives in Guinea
CONAKRY, 21 January 2014 ? UNICEF and its partners have begun to organize a campaign to vaccinate over 1.6 million children to stop a measles outbreak in Guinea amid growing number of cases among children especially in the capital Conakry.
Since November last year, 37 cases have been confirmed in the capital?all children under 10 years old. Over the past few weeks, the number of cases of measles has been increasing sharply and led to the death of one child.
This recent spike has prompted the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene of Guinea to officially declare an outbreak in the Conakry municipalities of Matam, Matoto, and Ratoma. The disease has also been reported in other parts of the country ?namely the prefectures of Bok?, Coyah, Dubreka, Kissidougou, and Mandiana...
Measles outbreak threatens children's lives in Guinea
CONAKRY, 21 January 2014 ? UNICEF and its partners have begun to organize a campaign to vaccinate over 1.6 million children to stop a measles outbreak in Guinea amid growing number of cases among children especially in the capital Conakry.
Since November last year, 37 cases have been confirmed in the capital?all children under 10 years old. Over the past few weeks, the number of cases of measles has been increasing sharply and led to the death of one child.
This recent spike has prompted the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene of Guinea to officially declare an outbreak in the Conakry municipalities of Matam, Matoto, and Ratoma. The disease has also been reported in other parts of the country ?namely the prefectures of Bok?, Coyah, Dubreka, Kissidougou, and Mandiana...