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Angola: Measles Kills Six Children
Angola Press Agency (Luanda)
3 July 2007
Kuito
Six children, out of the 303 cases recorded from January this year in the southern Bie province, died of measles, said Monday the epidemiological supervisor in that region.
According to Nelson Stover, who considered the situation as an epidemics outbreak, Kuito district recorded more cases with 233, followed by Chinguar 21, Kamacupa 16, Kunhinga nine, Andulo with six, whereas the districts of Kuemba and Katabola recorded five and one cases, respectively.
The situation becomes more and more serious, contrary to the previous years when the disease took toll of children aged between one to five years, now it also hits those (children) below one year.
To prevent the spreading of disease, he said, the Broad Immunisation Programme (EPI) has intensified the routine vaccine.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200707040435.html
Angola Press Agency (Luanda)
3 July 2007
Kuito
Six children, out of the 303 cases recorded from January this year in the southern Bie province, died of measles, said Monday the epidemiological supervisor in that region.
According to Nelson Stover, who considered the situation as an epidemics outbreak, Kuito district recorded more cases with 233, followed by Chinguar 21, Kamacupa 16, Kunhinga nine, Andulo with six, whereas the districts of Kuemba and Katabola recorded five and one cases, respectively.
The situation becomes more and more serious, contrary to the previous years when the disease took toll of children aged between one to five years, now it also hits those (children) below one year.
To prevent the spreading of disease, he said, the Broad Immunisation Programme (EPI) has intensified the routine vaccine.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200707040435.html