Guinea: Battling a Large-Scale Measles Epidemic

Publication language
English
Date published
06 Apr 2017
Type
Articles
Keywords
Disasters, Epidemics & pandemics, Health, Urban
Countries
Guinea
Link
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/article/doctors-without-borders-guinea-batt…

April 7, 2017: The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), along with the Guinean Ministry of Health (MoH), is launching today a large-scale measles vaccination campaign in Conakry. Since the beginning of the year there have been 3,468 confirmed cases and 14 deaths dues to measles in Guinea, with most cases in the Conakry and Nzérékoré districts.