Senegal - Measles outbreak 2023

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106 CASES OF MEASLES IDENTIFIED OUT OF THE 153 COUNTED NATIONALLY


The health district of Touba accounts for 69.2% of the measles cases noted in Senegal. Hence the urgency of implementing a response plan to contain the pathology before it reaches unsuspected proportions.

The statistics are chilling. And for good reason, of the 153 cases of measles counted at the national level, the 106 were identified at the level of Touba. The revelation was made by the chief medical officer of the Touba health district. Doctor Ndeye Maguette Diop took part in the meeting of the local development committee (CLD) devoted to the restitution of a planning meeting on measles. For the district not to experience a measles epidemic, an effective response is envisaged. For Ms. Yacine Fall Lo, primary health care supervisor, “we have seen that if the district does not govern with an effective response, we are heading towards a major epidemic. We have been declared in an emergency situation, ie at risk of a major epidemic for the health district of Touba. We have observed at the level of the expanded routine immunization program that more and more the population is reluctant to be vaccinated. We have seen in the cases that we have recorded that 80% or more are not vaccinated. »

This response is initiated before things get worse. It begins on March 13 and will last for ten days. It will target children aged 6 to 59 months and even those whose age varies up to 14 years. The strategy put in place will be fixed and also advanced. As a reminder, measles is an extremely contagious serious viral disease. Before vaccination was introduced in 1963 and became widespread, major epidemics were recorded every two or three years, which could cause approximately 2.6 million deaths per year. Measles remains one of the major causes of death in young children, although there is a safe and effective vaccine. It is a disease caused by a virus of the Paramyxoviridae family. The measles virus is usually transmitted by direct contact or through the air, infecting the respiratory tract and then spreading throughout the body. Measles is a human disease and there is no known reservoir in animals.

Malick SY

10 mars 2023

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In the red zone with 106 cases out of 153 in Senegal: Touba launches the response against measles

sene1 By sydney March 13, 2023


Of the 153 counted at the national level, 106 were counted in Touba. Hence the urgency of implementing a response plan to contain the pathology. This emergency response begins on March 13 and will last ten days.

Touba is in the red zone. Of the 153 measles cases counted nationally, 106 were counted in Touba. The revelation was made by the chief medical officer of the health district.

Doctor Ndeye Maguette Diop, who took part in the meeting of the Local Development Committee (Cld) devoted to the restitution of a planning meeting on the disease, assured that an “effective response is envisaged”.

Yacine Fall Lo, supervisor of primary health care added: “If the district does not react, we are heading for a major epidemic. We have been declared an emergency. We have observed at the level of the Expanded Routine Immunization Program that the population is more and more reluctant to be vaccinated. Among the cases we have recorded, 80% or more are not vaccinated”.

This response will begin on March 13 and will last ten days. It will target children aged 6 to 59 months and even those whose age varies up to 14 years. As a reminder, measles is a serious viral disease. The measles virus is usually transmitted by direct contact or through the air, infecting the respiratory tract and then spreading throughout the body.

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310 cases of measles in Senegal: Details from the Coordinator of the expanded immunization program

By: Yande Diop -Seneweb.com | April 28, 2023 at 3:04:24 PM |

Currently in Senegal since the beginning of the year until now, at least 310 cases of measles are counted. Pathology is all over the country. All regions are concerned, at least according to Doctor Ousseynou Badiane. The coordinator of the national vaccination program questioned on the issue following a case reported in a district in the south of the country explains that each time a district reports more than 3 cases, in the space of 4 weeks, it is considered that this district is in epidemic because it is a disease that is the subject of an elimination initiative.

Doctor Badiane reassures all the same as regards the measures that are taken, each time a case is declared: "We carry out an investigation and a response around the case, that is to say we identify all the children who are in the area and are not up to date on their vaccination schedule to update the card. Otherwise, if they are children who have not received any dose of measles, they are given a dose. had a dose, we give them the 2nd dose. This makes it possible to quickly circumscribe the cases. Now if the cases increase despite this, it is necessary to make a broader response which could concern an area or the whole of the territory ".

“Measles is a disease that has always existed in Senegal so every year there are cases. It is not a disease that is eradicated, we are on an elimination initiative, that is to say bring it to a threshold where it will not be a public health problem and Senegal has not yet reached this threshold. there”, specifies the coordinator of the national vaccination program.


There have been many achievements in the fight, therefore a sharp reduction in cases and almost zero mortality. But the country regularly notes cases. That's what you need to know. It should also be noted that since 2020, there has been an increase in cases. The situation is linked to a global context of resurgence of measles due to declines in vaccination coverage linked in part to the pandemic and fake news. Doctor Badiane insists on the fact that reluctance towards vaccination is gaining ground almost everywhere in the world. “It's not just in Senegal or in Africa. Indeed, even developed countries are not spared,” he explains.

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Health: Alert on a measles epidemic, 18 of the 79 districts affected

Par: Seneweb News -Seneweb.com | July 14, 2023 at 1:07:14 PM |

In an interview with L'Observateur on Friday July 14, Dr. Boly Diop, in charge of epidemiological and post-vaccination surveillance,warns of a rather worrying measles epidemic situation. More than 400 confirmed cases since the beginning of July, he confides, concerned.

He says: “Outbreaks of measles have been noted since the beginning of the year. As of July 2, 410 cases have been confirmed. All regions of the country have recorded cases except the region of Fatick.”

Before adding: “At the time we were taking stock, 18 districts had entered an epidemic out of the 79. So, there is an epidemic situation which is there, and which is quite worrying.

The doctor recalls that “measles is a vaccine-preventable disease.” From this point of view, he prescribes: “The actors of the districts must go to the populations to vaccinate the children.”

According to him, the resurgence of measles cases is linked to the fact that “during the Covid-19 pandemic, people no longer visited health facilities.” Which “impacted the performance of the vaccination.”

He continues: “There is also the fact that the same personnel were used for both the Covid vaccination and for the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI). This means that many children have not been vaccinated. Now we have to do the maximum to vaccinate and protect the children.”


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