South Sudan: Measles 2013

[Shiloh]

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201310050038.html


Voice of America (Washington, DC)

South Sudan: 44 Kids Diagnosed With Measles
By Lucy Poni, 4 October 2013

Juba ? Scores of children in South Sudan's Upper Nile state have been diagnosed with measles in the last few weeks, prompting officials to launch a vaccination campaign, a top health official said.

"As of August we have been receiving reports of sporadic cases of measles-like disease," Ministry of Health Undersecretary Makur Matur Koryom said...

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: So. Sudan: Measles outbreak in Upper Nile State

Re: So. Sudan: Measles outbreak in Upper Nile State

Suspected Measles Outbreak Kills 14 S. Sudan Kids: Officials

Yasolo Oketa James
Last updated on: October 31, 2013 7:25 PM

TORIT ? South Sudanese health officials have launched an emergency vaccination campaign against measles after 14 children died in a suspected outbreak of the contagious viral illness in a payam in Eastern Equatoria state.

The deaths occurred over the past week in Lotimor payam. All of the children who died were under the age of five, state health ministry director, Elijio Omoro Tahir, said.

Health officials learned of the deaths on Tuesday and immediately lodged a request with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) for a flight to take health workers to Lotimor to conduct tests to determine if the outbreak was indeed measles, Tahir said.
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