Thursday, 31 December 2015

PRO/EDR> Measles update (44)

Measles -- Malaysia
Background
MSF response to 2015 Measles outbreak
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A measles epidemic has been raging since the beginning of the year (2015) in the former province of Katanga in the southeast of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to the Ministry of Public Health, as of 20 Nov 2015 a total of 39 619 cases including 474 deaths have been officially reported in Katanga since early 2015. More than 77 percent of children affected were aged 1-5 years, and 88 percent of the children

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/1kvXDD8

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