Doctors Without Borders: DRC - More Resources Urgently Needed to Tackle Largest Measles Epidemic in the World
December 24, 2019
December 24, 2019
NEW YORK, Dec. 24 -- The Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres issued the following news:
More than 280,000 people have contracted measles and at least 5,700 have died from the disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) this year--the largest outbreak the country has experienced in decades. The World Health Organization (WHO) says this is the largest measles epidemic in the world. According to a survey by Epicentre--MSF's research arm--these figures represent a fra . . .
More than 280,000 people have contracted measles and at least 5,700 have died from the disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) this year--the largest outbreak the country has experienced in decades. The World Health Organization (WHO) says this is the largest measles epidemic in the world. According to a survey by Epicentre--MSF's research arm--these figures represent a fra . . .