Mishandled Measles Vaccine Kills 15 Children in South Sudan quoting : The New York Times

The contaminated vaccine fatalities could addone more layer of difficulty for health workers if it makes people suspicious of vaccination campaigns. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyIn addition to the 15 children who died, 32 more became ill with symptoms including fever, diarrhea and vomiting. The upheaval has worsened a backlog of unvaccinated children across the country, and the risk of measles and other preventable diseases remains extremely high. People who administer vaccines in villages are trained by county-level health departments, which in turn report to South Sudan's national health ministry. The fatalities, he added, resulted mostly from the mistakes of a single vaccine administrator working in the village.




Related: Measles Outbreak Sends Kids to HospitalThe measles vaccination campaign is targeting more than 2 million children across the country. In 2016, South Sudan had at least 2,294 measles cases and 28 people died, according to U.N. data. JUBA, South Sudan -- Fifteen young children have died in a botched measles vaccination campaign that saw people as young as 12 years old administering the vaccines, South Sudan's government announced Friday. Women and children wait to be treated at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) support clinic in Thaker, Southern Unity, South Sudan March 20, 2017. The United Nations said the children died of "severe sepsis/toxicity" from the contaminated vaccine, and the health ministry blamed the deaths on human error.

A Botched Vaccine Campaign For Measles Killed 15 Children in South Sudan

A Botched Vaccine Campaign For Measles Killed 15 Children in South SudanEnlarge this image toggle caption Ashraf Shazly/Getty Images Ashraf Shazly/Getty ImagesIn a tragic turn in South Sudan, an effort to protect 15 children ended up killing them. This is why the measles vaccine campaign continued in South Sudan after this tragedy. Prior to the introduction of the measles vaccine in the 1960s, millions of children died each year from measles. Does this show that there was pressure to rush this measles campaign in South Sudan? In addition to the deaths, 32 children were sickened from the 300-person vaccination campaign in South Sudan.


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