Measles,measles vaccination Stories

Alarm over rising measles cases in Kwale as child vaccinations drop
Mishi Gongo  |  Aug 09, 2024

Current statistics indicate that over 4,000 children in Matuga have not received the routine vaccines.

Turkana upscales Measles Rubella vaccination after outbreak in 4 sub-counties
Waweru Wairimu  |  Jul 28, 2024

County Health Promotion Coordinator Ruth Areman asked parents and guardians to ensure the children receive the doses to protect them against the disea...

Kenya receives 8.3 million doses of vaccines to boost dwindling supplies
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 05, 2024

The purchase comes after the allocation of Sh1.25 billion to the ministry to urgently procure routine childhood vaccines, including BCG, Oral Polio, T...

Uganda introduces Yellow Fever vaccination card requirement for all travellers
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 02, 2024

The directive follows the launch of a nationwide yellow fever vaccination campaign aimed at protecting Ugandans from the mosquito-borne illness that h...

Governors raise red flag over vaccine shortage, warn children's lives at risk
Barack Oduor  |  May 21, 2024

The governors listed shortages of essential vaccines routinely given out to newborns and children under five, including polio (OPV & IPV), BCG (for tu...

Measles outbreak in Dagahaley Refugee Camp calls for urgent response
Lucy Mumbi  |  Mar 29, 2024

The organisation has warned that due to its highly contagious nature, measles could result in severe complications, including pneumonia, malnutrition...

Measles cases rose 79 per cent globally last year: WHO
Agency  |  Feb 20, 2024

WHO technical adviser Natasha Crowcroft says more than half of all countries globally are currently believed to be at high risk of measles outbreaks b...

Turkana tackles measles outbreak with community outreach
Issa Hussein  |  Dec 20, 2023

In a bid to curb the deadly measles outbreak that has claimed 20 lives in Turkana County, health stakeholders have joined forces to establish case man...

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