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Guardian / Washington Post: WHO: Measles Cases Up 300 % in 2019


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Spikes are showing up even in countries with high vaccination coverage. "Vaccine hesitancy" seen as major part of the problem.



"With governments and partners such as the Measles & Rubella Initiative, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, UNICEF and others, response operations are underway to bring country outbreaks under control, strengthen health services, and increase vaccine coverage.

After conducting emergency vaccination campaigns targeting 7 million children from 6 months through 9 years of age, Madagascar is now seeing overall declines in measles cases and deaths.
In the Philippines, over 3 890 000 doses of the measles and rubella vaccine have been given to children aged under 5 years.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the country is preparing to launch a combined response with polio vaccine.
In collaboration with local health authorities, WHO and UNICEF conducted a nationwide measles and rubella vaccination campaign in Yemen reaching more than 11.6 million (90%) children aged 6 months–16 years across the country." 
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