A polio and measles vaccination campaign has kicked off in the Democratic Republic of Congo's east. Field health workers in the North Kivu province are set to vaccinate some 87 578 children aged between six and fiftynine months. If families are unable to reach those sites they should be visited by the vaccination teams. Measles, also highly contagious, is serious disease caused by a virus. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, this year saw a “particularly virulent" measles epidemic.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 23, 2023 09:56 UTC