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PRO/EDR> Measles update (53): Somalia, Australia, USA

Measles -- Somalia20 children, most of them under the age of 5, have been admitted for treatment at Kismayo General Hospital in Lower Jubba region.The disease has been spreading over the past 3 weeks in parts of Jubbaland state controlled by Al-Shabab.Dr Abdullahi Ismael Dhi'is, head of the hospital's measles unit, told Radio Ergo that most of the children were brought from villages including Barsanguni, Koban, Bulo-gadud, Bulo-Haji, Kanjo-ron, Kamsuma and other villages under Kismayo and Jammame Read more [...]