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Measles in the Democratic Republic of Congo: an urgent wake-up call to adapt vaccination implementation strategies | Journal Article / Commentary | MSF Science Portal
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Measles in the Democratic Republic of Congo: an urgent wake-up call to adapt vaccination implementation strategies

Gerard S, Kyrousis E, Zachariah R
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Abstract
All countries in Africa have made a commitment to eliminate measles by 2020. This is laudable, as measles elimination will have a crucial impact on reducing childhood mortality. An important operational challenge is the resurgence of measles outbreaks in a number of countries; one of the main reasons for this is that many children are being missed by vaccination programmes. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), outbreaks continue unabated despite repeated vaccination campaigns and high reported coverage by the Ministry of Health. This paper brings into question the effectiveness of the current approach and the need for better reflection on bottlenecks and strategies that can address this issue. If we are to eliminate measles by 2020, there will be a need for impetus, a need for decisive action to reach that goal and prevent unnecessary childhood deaths in countries such as the DRC.

Countries

Democratic Republic of Congo

Subject Area

vaccinationmeaslesoutbreaks

Languages

English
DOI
10.5588/pha.13.0099
Published Date
21 Mar 2014
Journal
Public Health Action
Volume | Issue | Pages
Volume 4
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