South Africa: 2014 Measles

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Source: http://www.health24.com/Medical/Diseases/Alert-Measles-sweeps-across-SA-20141208


08 December 2014
Alert: Measles sweeps across SA
Clinicians countrywide should be on high alert for measles, the most serious of the common childhood viral illnesses.

South Africa has recorded a surge in measles cases, with the Northern Cape Province topping the list, warned the National Institute for Communicable Diseases.

"Over the past two months, there has been an increase in laboratory-confirmed (IgM positive) measles cases." The five provinces affected are Gauteng, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Cape and Western Cape...

 

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Source: http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2014/12/15/no-crisis-as-measles-outbreak-hits-seven-provinces

'No crisis' as measles outbreak hits seven provinces
Kingdom Mabuza | 15 December, 2014 00:01

Seven provinces have reported outbreaks of measles but the Health Department does not regard the resurgence as a crisis.

First reports said the outbreaks were in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Cape and Western Cape.

But now the National Institute for Communicable Diseases says there has been an increase in laboratory-confirmed measles cases in two more provinces, Eastern Cape and Free State...

 

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Source: http://citizen.co.za/295799/update-possible-measles-outbreak-ekurhuleni-infographic/


National 18.12.2014 01.08 pm
Update: Possible measles outbreak in Ekurhuleni (infographic)
Mduduzi Mtakati

Seven possible cases of measles outbreaks have been reported in four clinics in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng.

Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality spokesperson Themba Gadebe said: ?On receiving notification of the measles cases, the Gauteng department of health embarked on a strategy to curb the outbreak of measles through an immunisation campaign in the [areas] where the cases were identified, namely Tembisa and Northmead,? Kempton Express reported...