Multi-jurisdictional measles outbreak frustrates SWPH

Multi-jurisdictional measles outbreak frustrates SWPH

Dr. Ninh Tran’s weekly advisories about measles immunizations seem to be falling on deaf ears.

A shot at life for hard-to-reach children - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre

On 10 January 2024, South Sudan declared a measles outbreak in its Western Equatoria state. With an alarming number of people never having been vaccinated against measles, there was an urgent need to start a large-scale measles vaccination effort to curb the spread of the disease in the state and its surroundings and, ultimately, save as many lives as possible. However, obstacles to getting and using the measles vaccine in-country meant that it …