​Fifteen young children have died in a botched measles vaccination campaign that saw people as young as 12 years old administering the vaccines, South Sudan's government announced Friday. The children died in the rural town of Kapoeta in early May. South Sudan's Minister of Health Dr. Riek Gai Kok, right, and Dr. Abdulmuini Usman of the World Health Organization talk to reporters on in Juba, South Sudan, on Friday. WHO provides some training to South Sudan's health officials. (Samir Bol/Associated Press)WHO provides some training to South Sudan's health officials and the UN children's agency provides the vaccines to the government.

Source: CBC News June 02, 2017 10:51 UTC