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Urgent funding needed to reach the 2010 measles goal, says Measles Initiative

Friday, October 10, 2008

Measles is one of the most contagious diseases known to humans and the only way to prevent the disease is through vaccination. An estimated 242 000...

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UNICEF launches State of the World’s Children 2008 in Guinea Bissau

africa » guinea bissau » bissau

Sunday, April 06, 2008

The Portuguese version of UNICEF’s annual flagship report The State of the World’s Children 2008: Child Survival was launched on 20 March in Guinea...

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NIGERIA: Measles kills 165 children in Katsina state

africa » nigeria » kano

Sunday, March 30, 2008

A measles outbreak in northern Nigeria’s Katsina state has killed 165 children in the last three months and infected more than 3,000 children,...

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NIGERIA: "Hundreds” dead in measles outbreak

africa » nigeria » kano

IRIN

Monday, December 17, 2007

A measles outbreak has killed at least 200 children in Nigeria in recent weeks according to health workers and the International Federation of the...

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WHO country boss on measles campaign

africa » gambia » kabakama

Friday, December 07, 2007

As ill-health leads to deeper poverty, the attainment by all people of the highest possible level of health is the World Health Organisation’s...

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Towards a measles-free country

africa » gambia

Thursday, December 06, 2007

We have been observing with great interest the unfolding development within the health sector. We feel obliged to make a few comments, as our...

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Measles campaign covers 375 villages in URR

africa » gambia

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

In a spirited drive to totally eradicate measles in the region, 375 villages in the Upper River Region (URR) with a joint population of 36,000...

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Red Cross Volunteers Prepared For Measles Campaign

africa » gambia » kanifing

The Point

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

At least 44 (forty four) Red Cross volunteers were, over the weekend, prepared for a measles immunization campaign which will reach out to...

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Journalists sensitised on measles campaign

africa » gambia

The Daily Observer Newspaper

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Personnel from the Department of State for Health and Social Welfare, UNICEF and WHO, last Friday, convened a press conference to sensitise...

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DRC: Displaced in North Kivu could face epidemics due to limited access

africa » dem rep congo » kinshasa

IRIN

Friday, October 19, 2007

Aid workers in the strife-torn east of the Democratic Republic of Congo fear measles and cholera epidemics may break out among displaced people who...

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