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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 on Thursday.

New data from the UN health agency indicates that outbreaks in the Americas, the European and eastern Mediterranean regions, contributed to a total of 110,000 deaths from the disease in 2017.

Malnutrition alert for 400,000 DRC Kasai children

The last phase of a measles vaccination campaign is underway in Sudan following a deadly outbreak of the virus nearly a year ago.

More than 3,400 children have been infected with measles in Sudan since December 2014. More than 70 of those children have died.

In response, the UN Children’s Agency (UNICEF) has launched a massive vaccination campaign, aiming to reach all 16.5 million children in Sudan between 6 months and 15 years old.