Measles
20 articles related to "Measles"
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View from the field: Why we need to simplify vaccination
Why is it so difficult to achieve and sustain high levels of immunisation coverage in remote areas, or where health systems are severely limited? Dr. Michel Quéré, MSF medical advisor...
Web article – Last updated 15 May 2012
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Interview on strengthening the Expanded Programme on Immunisation: Lessons from Chad
MSF has been treating patients for malaria in the Moissala district of Chad for two years, but the team has also responded to outbreaks of contagious diseases such as measles and meningitis. These outbreaks...
Web article – Last updated 15 May 2012
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Measles takes its toll in Somalia
Somalia 2011 © Martina Bacigalupo Measles is sweeping unchecked through parts of southern Somalia. The disease is highly contagious and unvaccinated children are at great risk, especially...
Web article – Last updated 07 March 2012
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Five Lives: How a Financial Transaction Tax Could Support Global Health
‘5 Lives’ are the stories of people that MSF works with every day, whose health and lives often hang on a simple medical intervention. These personal experiences are a snapshot of the...
Report – Last updated 20 October 2011
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Fighting measles in Somalia – rising to a difficult challenge
Measles. It starts with a fever, runny nose and a cough. Then a rash. For children who are not immunised this often spells disaster. Today, in Somalia measles is among the biggest threats to the survival...
Web article – Last updated 30 September 2011
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Measles Epidemics Skyrocket - Month in Focus, September 2011
Multimedia – Last updated 19 September 2011
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Measles Epidemics: Call for An All Out Effort
Background information, September 2011 An overview of medical interventions against measles since 2001 as well as MSF's own emergency responses against measles since 2009.
Briefing – Last updated 13 September 2011
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As the Number of Measles Epidemics Skyrocket, Global Response Lags
Mobilizing Financial and Technical Resources Must be a Political Priority in Fight Against Resurgent Outbreaks Ethiopia 2011 © Sisay Zerihun / MSF Paris/New York, 12 September 2011...
Press Release – Last updated 13 September 2011
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Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Vaccination campaigns must be organised immediately to halt the measles epidemic
DRC 2010 © Haavar Karlsen Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling on the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and its partners to decide immediately...
Press Release – Last updated 30 August 2011
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Vaccinating Against Measles in Chad: Battered Trucks and Donkey Tracks
Following a measles outbreak in eastern Chad, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is currently vaccinating children between 6 months and 15 years old. In collaboration...
Web article – Last updated 02 April 2009
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