DR Congo 1,000+ measles deaths in 2012

[Ronan Kelly]

Disaster Preparedness & Response Update Situation Report in the DR CONGO
Edition du 02 septembre 2012

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● MEASLES
From the 1st to the 34th epidemiological week, 34,192 cases including 905 deaths (CFR 2.6%) have been notified in 85 areas
health (ZS) epidemic across the country.

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[Shiloh]

Re: DR Congo 905 measles deaths in 2012

Re: DR Congo 905 measles deaths in 2012

Source: http://www.afriquejet.com/campaign-against-measles-in-equator-province-2012091244894.html

Campaign against measles in Equator province
News - Africa news

DR Congo launches campaign against measles in Equator province - DR Congo authorities on Tuesday launched an immunization campaign against measles in 6 health zones out of the 19 affected by the disease in the Equator province in the north-east of the country...

...In the Equator province, 4,372 cases of measles, including 133 deaths, have been recorded in 55 health zones since the beginning of the year 2012.

Pana 12/09/2012

 

[Shiloh]

Re: DR Congo 905 measles deaths in 2012

Re: DR Congo 905 measles deaths in 2012

Source: http://www.afriquejet.com/health-2012092245640.html


Saturday
Sep 22nd
Health: Measles epidemic kills 22 in Congo
News - Africa news

Measles epidemic Congo - An outbreak of measles, which has been raging in Likouala, North-eastern Congo since April, has already killed 22 people, the state-run radio said Friday...

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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Re: DR Congo 905 measles deaths in 2012

Eastern Province: a hundred children died of measles in two months Yawuma
posted 5 hours ago, 3 minutes | Last update December 10, 2012 at 4:15 | under

Nearly a hundred children over a thousand recorded cases of measles have died between October and November in the area of health Yawuma (Eastern Province). These figures were revealed on Monday, December 10, by Dr. Cyprian Loseya, chief medical officer of health district Tshopo - Lomami.
Fifty-one deaths were recorded in October. According to sources of local civil society, the high number of measles cases in the area of ​​health is due to the poverty of the population that lack of money to bring sick children in health centers.
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http://radiookapi.net/en-bref/2012/...s-sont-morts-de-rougeole-en-deux-mois-yawuma/

 

[Shiloh]

Re: DR Congo 1,000+ measles deaths in 2012

Source: http://www.todayonline.com/World/ED...spreading-in-central-Africa,-aid-agency-warns


Measles epidemic spreading in central Africa, aid agency warns
03:05 PM Dec 25, 2012

NEW YORK - A large measles epidemic is spreading in central Africa, endangering the lives of thousands of children, the medical charity Doctors Without Borders warned last week...