DR Congo: 2013 Measles cases

[Shiloh]

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201302271379.html

Congo-Kinshasa: Measles Epidemic Affects Thousands
27 February 2013

Kinshasa ? A measles epidemic has affected tens of thousands of children in northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), overwhelming health facilities, says medical charity M?decins Sans Fronti?res (MSF).

"Most health centres are either not functional, out of medical stocks or inaccessible for the majority of the population. Many children die in their villages because the health facilities cannot provide adequate care," Anja De Weggheleire, MSF Medical Coordinator in DRC, told IRIN via email...

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: DR Congo: 2013 Measles cases

google translated;

Kasai Occidental: 28 deaths attributed to measles Kamako
published 8 minutes ago, | Last update on August 8, 2013 at 1:11 |

Twenty-eight children died in the last two days Kamako cited located 400 km south-west of Kananga (Kasai Occidental). Security services that deliver these figures attribute these deaths to a measles epidemic that would have won 21 children Tuesday and Wednesday, August 7 seven in the border city of Angola.
Responsible for health services recognize the existence of the epidemic but do not confirm these figures. They attribute this to ignorance of some parents who prefer to bring their children in most herbalists and in the churches of revival as health centers.
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http://radiookapi.net/actualite/2013/08/08/kasai-occidental-28-deces-attribues-la-rougeole-kamako/

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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Kasumbalesa 60 measles cases with 2 deaths in 40 days
published 14 hours ago, 45 minutes | Last update September 10, 2013 at 8:50 | under News , Katanga , Health . Keywords: Measles

Two children died of measles on sixty recorded cases in the space of forty days, Kasumbalesa about 90 km from Lubumbashi (Katanga). These figures have been delivered to the press Tuesday, September 10 by the doctor Health Centre Kasumbalesa, Stella Muyano.
Dr. Muyano said the age range from 0 to 59 months. The doctor Health Centre Kasumbalesa said measles affects only children who were not vaccinated.
" The causes of the disease are multiple, including non-compliance with the immunization schedule against measles by the parents but also overcrowding in some neighborhoods of this city , "said Dr. Stella Muyano.
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[Ronan Kelly]

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Isangi: 7 deaths a disease suspected to be measles Yandjali Shore
published there 16 hours 23 minutes | Last update December 3, 2013 at 7:56

Seven persons having close to those of measles symptoms are dead in a week in the village in the territory of YandjaliRive Isangi. College of notables and chiefs of the village announced to the press Tuesday, December 3 in the territory of the Eastern Province. The head doctor of the health zone Isangi, Dr. Charles Lobanga He speaks of two deaths a dozen cases reported in health facilities.

The head doctor of the health zone Isangi however acknowledged that it is difficult to establish an exact cause of land conflict between the inhabitants of Yaelomba to those Yandjali Bank balance sheet. They refuse to go to Yaelomba where the health center is established to care for their children. Consequence: many parents prefer to treat their children at home. What could justify the high number of deaths advanced by the chiefs but not recorded by the health services, according to Dr. Charles Lobanga.
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