Vaccination to contain severe measles outbreak underway in DR Congo amidst Ebola and mass displacement
ITURI, DR CONGO / DAKAR / GENEVA / NEW YORK, 11 July 2019 – Health workers are urgently rolling out a complex measles vaccination campaign targeting 67,000 children in Ituri, northeast DR Congo, a region ravaged by armed conflict that is now also the hub of the second deadliest Ebola outbreak on record. At least 1,981 deaths due to measles have…