Somalia:2016 Measles

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Source: https://radioergo.org/en/blog.php?article_id=2437

Measles spreading in remote parts of Jubbaland
Radio Ergo 14 October, 2016 KISMAAYO


(ERGO) - Twenty children, most of them under the age of five, have been admitted for treatment at Kismayo General Hospital in Lower Jubba region.

The disease has been spreading over the past three weeks in parts of Jubbaland state controlled by Al-Shabab.

Dr Abdullahi Ismael Dhi?is, head of the hospital?s measles unit, told Radio Ergo that most of the children were brought from villages including Barsanguni, Koban, Bulo-gadud, Bulo-Haji, Kanjo-ron, Kamsuma and other villages under Kismayo and Jammame districts of Lower Jubba region and Jilib district in Middle Jubba region...

 

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Source: http://reliefweb.int/report/somalia/measles-outbreak-poses-new-threat-children-somalia


Measles outbreak poses new threat to children in Somalia
Report
from UN Children's Fund
Published on 13 Dec 2016 ? View Original

By Kun Li

A recent outbreak of measles in Kismayo, Somalia has put additional strain on an already overwhelmed hospital. Learn how UNICEF is helping to fight the outbreak by getting children immunized.

KISMAYO, Somalia, 12 December 2016 ? The cholera treatment centre at Kismayo General Hospital, the biggest hospital in Kismayo, hadn?t had any patients since the last outbreak was brought under control. But lately it has again been inundated with patients.

This time, the outbreak is measles ? a highly contagious viral disease that can lead to pneumonia, diarrhoea, encephalitis which causes brain swelling, and blindness. Since September, 419 measles cases have been officially recorded, 302 of which are children under five. In Somalia, measles is a major cause of death among children ? but it can be effectively prevented with a simple vaccine...