Celebrated Illustrator Sophie Blackall working with M&R Initiative!

Sophie says she was inspired to paint this by hearing about and seeing photos of measles campaigns in Nepal and Myanmar. "I was itching to get started on this project, I painted this image of a newly vaccinated family," she writes on her blog.

Today we’re announcing an exciting new collaboration with one of the world’s most celebrated children’s book illustrators. Sophie Blackall is jumping right into the partnership and is spending this week in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where she’s talking to families and health workers affected by measles. Last year families in DR Congo faced … Read more

Measles in 2011: devastating, surprising outbreaks and some success

A child is vaccinated in Dadaab camp, Kenya. Photo credit: UNICEF

Measles continued to make a disturbing comeback in 2011, with several new and ongoing outbreaks of this vaccine-preventable virus. These included outbreaks in countries with some of the best, and, some of the worst health systems in the world.  Encouragingly,  many countries with support of the Measles Initiative stopped measles outbreaks that had been a … Read more

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