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The challenge of protracted measles outbreaks in Kismayo, Somalia: A mixed-method investigation of measles burden and vaccination coverage during a 2020–2021 outbreak

Lau DK, Seebacher S, Abdi A, Ahmed S, Nur MB,  et al.
2025-08-29 • PLOS Global Public Health
2025-08-29 • PLOS Global Public Health

There was a protracted measles outbreak in Kismayo, Somalia between 2020–2021. The outbreak persisted despite&nbs...

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DTP1-3 and MCV1 vaccination coverage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: mapping zero-dose and under-vaccinated children

Utazi CE, Chamberlain HR, Kunnumpurathu-Sasi K, Cunningham A, Lazar AN,  et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
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DTP1-3 and MCV1 vaccination coverage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: mapping zero-dose and under-vaccinated children

Utazi CE, Chamberlain HR, Kunnumpurathu-Sasi K, Cunningham A, Lazar AN,  et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
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Determinants of clinical outcome among complicated measles patients hospitalised in Bay Regional Hospital, Baidoa, Somalia

Sheikh Mohamed A, Ilyas A, Abbas A, Avochi S, Kihara M,  et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
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Towards an understanding of resurgent measles outbreaks in Kismayo, Somalia: a mixed-method investigation of measles burden and vaccination coverage during a 2020-2021 measles outbreak

Lau DK, Seebacher S, Abdi AM, Bishar S, Nur MB,  et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
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Measles and rubella vaccine microneedle patch: new hope to reach the unreached children

Coulborn RM, Danet C, Alsalhani A
2024-04-29 • Lancet
2024-04-29 • Lancet
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Lessons learned from the measles outbreak response project in the Katanga Region 2021/22

Nikolay B
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023

Description of a large and deadly measles epidemic, Yakusu health zone, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2018-2019: A retrospective study

Alé F, Riccio ME, Katuala Y, Maloko T, Tonamou G,  et al.
2025-06-16 • Research Square
2025-06-16 • Research Square

BACKROUND

A large measles outbreak occurred in Yakusu Health Zone, Democratic Republic of the Congo, between Jan 2018 and June 2019. We describe the extent of t...

2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025

Multi-country validation of a simple alert system to improve measles outbreak response

Eisenhauer C
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
BACKGROUND
Outbreak alert systems can offset the severity of measles epidemics by minimising response delays. Existing systems, however, are often too sensitive to be practical when ...

Measles confirmation and seroprevalence: addressing the challenges of sample collection and laboratory procedures

Langendorf C, Nikolay B
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
BACKGROUND
While case confirmation is most of the time not necessary for case management decisions– the measles outbreak response relies on the timely biological confirmation of outb...

Evaluation des ripostes vaccinales rougeole dans le grand Katanga en 2021 et 2022

Salou H, Nikolay B
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024

Measles seroprevalence after repeated epidemics and reactive vaccination campaigns in Magaria and Mirriah, Niger in 2023

Mamaty AA, Atti S, Sani KA, Tonamou G, Ciglenecki I,  et al.
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024

Towards an understanding of resurgent measles outbreaks in Kismayo, Somalia: a mixed-method investigation of measles burden and vaccination coverage during a 2020-2021 measles outbreak

Lau DK, Seebacher S, Abdi AM, Bishar S, Nur MB,  et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024

Determinants of clinical outcome among complicated measles patients hospitalised in Bay Regional Hospital, Baidoa, Somalia

Sheikh Mohamed A, Ilyas A, Abbas A, Avochi S, Kihara M,  et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024

The impact of conflict in Yemen on vaccine-preventable diseases: The example of measles

Al-Zubairi TA, Mohammed NA, Al-Soumal MH
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024

Towards an understanding of resurgent measles outbreaks in Kismayo, Somalia: A mixed method investigation of measles burden and vaccination coverage during a 2020-2021 measles outbreak

Lau DK, Seebacher S, Abdi AM, Bishar S, Nur MB,  et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Kismayo is a city in southern Somalia and the capital of Jubaland State. In 2020, the Jubaland State Ministry of Health (MoH) recorded 1094 measles cases: a...
Worldwide, more than 99% of the burden of measles infections and deaths affects populations in low-income and middle-income countries. Measles accounts for 3% of the global mortality of ...

Not only vaccine hesitancy, but also vaccination campaign hesitancy drives measles epidemics in conflict-torn eastern DR Congo

Van Brusselen D, Dubois AH, Bindu LK, Moluh Z, Nzomukunda Y,  et al.
2024-02-01 • Conflict and Health
2024-02-01 • Conflict and Health
The COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine hesitancy are not the only causes of the increase in measles cases in low- and middle-income countries. Measles epidemics, like the recent one in easter...

Cross-sectional retrospective mortality, nutrition and measles vaccination coverage surveys among Sudanese refugees and Chadian returnees in Toumtouma, Ourang and Arkoum camps, Ouaddaï province, Chad (August-September 2023)

Ouedraogo P, Simons E, Grellety E
2023-11-01
2023-11-01
INTRODUCTION
Since April 15, 2023, fighting erupted in Sudan between the army led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) under the command ...

The recent measles outbreak in South African Region is due to low vaccination coverage. What should we do to mitigate it?

Oduoye MO, Zuhair V, Marbell A, Olatunji GD, Khan AS,  et al.
2023-06-29 • New Microbes and New Infections
2023-06-29 • New Microbes and New Infections

Lessons learned from the measles outbreak response project in the Katanga Region 2021/22

Nikolay B
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
BACKGROUND AND AIMS
To respond to measles epidemics more efficiently, MSF implemented a risk-targeted measles outbreak response project in the Katanga region in the Democratic Republ...