Health officials say aggressive efforts to vaccinate young children against measles have resulted in a 74 percent global decline in the number of deaths due to the illness. Experts say the biggest decline, 90 percent, occurred in the Eastern Mediter...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 05 December 2007 Dozens of children may have died from a new outbreak of measles in the northern Nigerian town of Zaria. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja has been following up on the latest public health concern in Nigeria and file...
By David McAlary Washington 18 January 2007 International public health officials say the number of deaths from measles has dropped sharply in developing nations since 1999, with the biggest decline in Africa. VOA's David McAlary has more on the sto...
DEVELOPMENT REPORT – February 25, 2002: Measles in Africa By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Five leading public health organizations have announced a campaign to reduc...