Health Alerts

Active measles transmission continues in all 22 regions, including the capital Antananarivo, and the case count has now exceeded 16,000 with 39 deaths, although the WHO reports that actual numbers are likely to be higher. The agency also pointed to a risk of further spread in the region ‘given the frequent flights to neighbouring Indian Ocean islands and other African countries.’ Further vaccination campaigns are planned early in the New Year, aimed at infants and children from nine months to nine years of age in 13 regions. More on measles in the African region from the WHO here. Read more