Yemen: 2010 Measles cases

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Source: http://www.sabanews.net/en/news213175.htm

Fears of Measles epidemic in Saada: Health ministry
[02/May/2010]


SANAA, May 02 (Saba) - Yemen's Health Ministry has warned of Measles epidemic in Saada province, voicing fears of appearing death cases due to the Measles complications.

A report on the current situation in the province issued by the ministry said that the discovered confirmed cases have reached 157 since the beginning of 2010, including 27 cases discovered among the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in both Amran and Hajjah provinces and 113 cases in Sa'ada people. The other cases discovered in other provinces.

The independent website Newsyemen said on Saturday according to the report that all the vaccination activities have been suspended due to the war in the province, indicating that the children there are very susceptible to infectious diseases including measles.

The Health Ministry plans to secure the suitable situation to give the vaccine against the Measles for IDPs under 15 years old in collaboration with local authorities in the neighboring provinces.

Measles cases came down in 2008 to eight cases and death cases have been registered since 2007, the report showed.

Measles was the fourth causes of death among young children in Yemen. The country was about to announce uprooting of the disease in 2010 but the campaign stopped because of the war.

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Re: Yemen: 2010 Measles cases

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=89148



YEMEN: Measles deaths on the rise in Saada

SANAA, 16 May 2010 (IRIN) - Six rounds of fighting between the army and Houthi-led rebels in northern Yemen since 2004 have prevented or limited immunization campaigns in the area and have subsequently led to a higher prevalence of measles, according to health officials.

Despite an 11 February ceasefire ending the latest clashes, up to 120 children under five have died of measles since 1 March in nine Houthi-controlled districts in Saada Governorate, said Hinbush Hussein Hinbush, head of the governorate?s Public Health & Population Office.

?The figure is increasing by the day in the following districts: Majaz, Sihar, Qutaber, Ghamr, Razih, Shadha, Malaheedh, Haidan and Munabih. More deaths are expected due to the spread of the epidemic and obstacles to vaccination efforts,? he told IRIN from Saada. ?Measles became endemic in Saada due to repeated clashes since 2004.?

Paramedics told local media that 700 children have measles in Saada. They said that the more than 20,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the governorate still living in the open were contributing to the spread of the disease. Some 250 children with critical cases of measles are receiving treatment in al-Talh Hospital in Sihar District.

On 17 April, local authorities in Saada began a 12-day measles and polio vaccination campaign in various parts of the governorate targeting 215,688 children and succeeding in reaching 83 percent.

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Re: Yemen: 2010 Measles cases

Source: http://www.sabanews.net/en/news214853.htm

Health ministry denies measles related deaths in Saada
[19/May/2010]

SANA'A, May 19 (Saba)- An official source at the Public Health and Population Ministry denied on Wednesday what some media reports claimed of death cases at around 120 due to measles in Saada governorate.

The source affirmed to Saba that there are no death cases registered due to measles in Saada since the beginning of the current year, indicating that there are
measles infected cases in some areas of the province but no death case has been registered.

The ministry began the implementation of a campaign against measles on April 17 which will last until 13 June 2010 in nine districts, the source pointed out.

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