World Bank/Dominic Chavez

‘A global measles crisis’ is well underway, UN agency chiefs warn

15 April 2019

Noting a 300 per cent surge in the number of measles cases during the first three months of this year, compared to the same period last year, two UN agency heads declared on Monday that we now stand “in the middle of a global measles crisis”.

Katie Dallinger

Monday’s Daily Brief: ‘Horror’ at Notre Dame fire disaster, Yemen still bleeding, measles now ‘global crisis’

15 April 2019

Culture and Education

Top news on Monday includes: UN chief expresses his horror over the huge blaze in Notre Dame; a deal over Hudaydah troop withdrawal beckons, but war intensifies; “global measles crisis” underway.

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Measles cases nearly doubled in a year, UN health agency projects

14 February 2019

Health

A projected near-doubling of measles infections has been identified amid rising severe and protracted outbreaks all over the planet, in poor and rich countries alike, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.

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UNICEF/Heather Papowitz

Measles in Europe: infection rates highest in a decade, says UN health agency

7 February 2019

Health

Although more children than ever before are being vaccinated against measles across Europe, overall infection rates are the highest in a decade, and a three-fold increase on last year, according to new data published on Thursday by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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CDC.gov/Sue Chu

Measles resurgence is source of extreme concern: WHO

28 November 2018

Interviews

Measles cases have spiked by as much as 30 per cent last year in some countries because of poor vaccination coverage, the World Health Organization (WHO) said

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UN Daily News Programme 10 November 2017

10 November 2017

General News

Listen to our daily bulletin of news and features from the United Nations, presented by Matt Wells.

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Measles deaths fall, but world still far from eliminating disease – UN-backed report

26 October 2017

Health

Annual deaths from measles dropped below 100,000 last year for the first time, to 90,000, United Nations and other international agencies reported on Thursday, as they warned however that the world is still far from reaching goals on eliminating the disease.

UNICEF/ Al-Issa

Good news from Syria: vaccination centres re-open

25 August 2017

General News

Parents in north-west Syria now have access to more than 35 re-opened vaccination centres where they can bring their children for life-saving protection, the UN said on Friday.

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