It’s all in the details: Myanmar’s measles campaign
Health workers in Myanmar are vaccinating almost six and a half million kids this week in an effort to protect all children under five from measles. Mid-way through the campaign, monitors are praising Myanmar’s efforts. “So far the campaign has been excellent,” reports Andrea Gay, director of child health at the UN Foundation and a … Read more
Yemen’s effort to stop a deadly measles outbreak
Yemen is reporting encouraging results so far in a national campaign aimed at stopping the most deadly measles outbreak in years. In the first phase of the campaign from 10-15 March, health workers planned to protect 1.5 million kids living in the areas worst affected by the outbreak. “There was a lot of energy around … Read more
Nepal’s women health volunteers spread the word to every mountain
The landscape of Nepal is breathtaking. You look around and take in the sheer size of what the Nepalis call “hills”. If you cast your eye upwards, and up yet again you might see the snow-capped Himalaya presiding over these hills. I was recently in Nepal to help monitor a measles-rubella campaign. This is Nepal’s … Read more
