Karyn Johnson is a Hāwera Hospital nurse that worked in Samoa on the measles epidemic . For Karyn Johnson, getting to go to Samoa to help fight the measles epidemic is why she went into nursing. Most of those in Johnson's team had never actually seen measles and she said she never wanted to witness an outbreak again. Chris McKeen/Stuff Maria John holds her six-month- old baby Fono John before the infant's measles vaccination. The biggest challenge was seeing the heartbreaking effect measles had on families and the fact that it was preventable.

Source: Stuff December 25, 2019 19:52 UTC