Measles -- Somalia
20 children, most of them under the age of 5, have been admitted for treatment at Kismayo General Hospital in Lower Jubba region.
The disease has been spreading over the past 3 weeks in parts of Jubbaland state controlled by Al-Shabab.
Dr Abdullahi Ismael Dhi'is, head of the hospital's measles unit, told Radio Ergo that most of the children were brought from villages including Barsanguni, Koban, Bulo-gadud, Bulo-Haji, Kanjo-ron, Kamsuma and other villages under Kismayo and Jammame
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