Poisoning — Worldwide/Unknown
The 3-year-old conflict in Syria and the resultant breakdown in state institutions have meant that diseases such as measles and polio have been spreading.
In response, UN agencies and NGOs have launched immunisation campaigns in rebel-held parts of the country’s north and east.
The children who died were among tens of thousands living in Idlib and Deir al-Zour [Dayr az Zawr] provinces who had been given a 2nd round of measles vaccines since Monday [15 Sep 2014].
A doctor at a clinic
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