all 26 provinces Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/all-26-provinces/ The low down on African affairs Wed, 25 Sep 2019 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 all 26 provinces Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/all-26-provinces/ 32 32 DRC measles epidemic is the largest and fastest-moving in the world https://jjcornish.com/2019/09/drc-measles-epidemic-is-the-largest-and-fastest-moving-in-the-world/ Wed, 25 Sep 2019 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2019/09/drc-measles-epidemic-is-the-largest-and-fastest-moving-in-the-world/ The World Health Organization and he Congolese Government plan to vaccinate more than 800 000 children against measles in the new nine days. The epidemic in all 26 provinces of the DRC has killed more than the EBOLA outbreak in the east of the country. The measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is […]

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]]> The World Health Organization and he Congolese Government plan to vaccinate more than 800 000 children against measles in the new nine days.

The epidemic in all 26 provinces of the DRC has killed more than the EBOLA outbreak in the east of the country.

The measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the largest and fastest-moving in the world.

It has killed 3500 people – mainly children – this year.

The highly-infectious viral illness can lead to brain and lung problems.

Previous immunization attempts have failed to quell it because people lack access to the vaccine and basic health care.

As is the case with EBOLA, insecurity and hostility of the local population to health workers hampers their operation.

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