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Sankuru, epidemic of measles, a medical mission with Lubefu
(Kinshasa) CURRENT EVENTS
June 7, 2007
Published on the Web on June 7, 2007
By Regine Kiala
Kinshasa - 11 cases were already identified in children whose age varies between 0 and 5 years. A medical team has just left Lodja Tuesday for Lubefu.
All measurements are taken, according to the chief consultant of zone, to avoid the propagation of the disease, brings back radiookapi.net. No death is still announced, according to the chief consultant of zone of health. A team made up of the doctor epidemiologist, of the chief consultant of the office Programs widened vaccination, as of a doctor in charge of the epidemiologic monitoring are on the way towards Lubefu.
Objective: to circumscribe the epidemic to avoid its propagation. The vaccines are available to face this epidemic, declared the doctor provincial inspector Audrey Mulumba. More than 3000 children are concerned with this vaccination in the neighbourhoods of the locality, it specified.
The majority of the children reached had escaped in the vaccination campaign following the shift in population, as well as inaccessibility of certain corners of the territory, still added the same source. A programme of vaccination of routine will be reinforced in this part of the country, in order to avoid the return of the epidemic.
http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/printable/200706070134.html
machinetranslated
Sankuru, epidemic of measles, a medical mission with Lubefu
(Kinshasa) CURRENT EVENTS
June 7, 2007
Published on the Web on June 7, 2007
By Regine Kiala
Kinshasa - 11 cases were already identified in children whose age varies between 0 and 5 years. A medical team has just left Lodja Tuesday for Lubefu.
All measurements are taken, according to the chief consultant of zone, to avoid the propagation of the disease, brings back radiookapi.net. No death is still announced, according to the chief consultant of zone of health. A team made up of the doctor epidemiologist, of the chief consultant of the office Programs widened vaccination, as of a doctor in charge of the epidemiologic monitoring are on the way towards Lubefu.
Objective: to circumscribe the epidemic to avoid its propagation. The vaccines are available to face this epidemic, declared the doctor provincial inspector Audrey Mulumba. More than 3000 children are concerned with this vaccination in the neighbourhoods of the locality, it specified.
The majority of the children reached had escaped in the vaccination campaign following the shift in population, as well as inaccessibility of certain corners of the territory, still added the same source. A programme of vaccination of routine will be reinforced in this part of the country, in order to avoid the return of the epidemic.
http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/printable/200706070134.html