Measles epidemic in Malawi has led to 121 deaths
Lusaka on July 9 Xinhua Xinhua news Lilongwe: Malawi 斯托恩卡布 Lutz, director of the Center for Disease Prevention told Xinhua on the 9th confirmed the measles outbreak earlier this year, there have been 25 277 people infected, including 121 deaths.
Kabuluzi that the current control measures is 9 years old to 15 years for the focus group launched a nationwide revaccination campaign. Malawi Government has allocated 4.2 million U.S. dollars for the procurement of vaccines and vaccination equipment, health departments to ensure that immunization is not left in this round of the crowd.
Malawi's health sector under the epidemic of measles epidemic began in January of this year, June 7 to 13 this week, the infection peaked, then began to fall a few weeks.
According to reports, people in parts of the country refused vaccination for religious reasons, a government's current efforts to solve the problem.
Malawi is in southeastern Africa, is one of the world's least developed countries.
middle of last month the World Health Organization and UNICEF issued a joint report, the recent incidence of measles in Africa, Southeast surge. As of mid-June, there are 14 countries in the region of nearly 5 million children infected, including 731 deaths.
