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Health Related Forums => Health News and Events => Topic started by: Admin on July 02, 2009, 01:06:44 AM

Title: IRC Responds to Measles Outbreak Among Somali Refugees in Kenya
Post by: Admin on July 02, 2009, 01:06:44 AM
(http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/imagerepository/fromthefield/124643245164__main.jpg)The International Rescue Committee is launching an emergency measles vaccination campaign targeting thousands of refugee children in Hagadera camp to contain an outbreak of the disease at the massively overcrowded site.

The IRC has confirmed six cases of the highly contagious virus and suspects 19 other cases in Hagadera, one of three overflowing camps in Dadaab, eastern Kenya.

For more info: Read the full Story  (http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/220270/124643245127.htm)