measles vaccines

‘Tragic’ Measles Vaccine Blunders Kill 15 Children In South Sudan

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Fifteen children died in South Sudan after receiving contaminated measles vaccines that had not been properly refrigerated, and were mixed using the same syringe for four days. In addition to the blunders handling the vaccine, Health Minister Riek Gai Kok said that two children, aged 12 and 13, had been recruited to administer it. An … Read more

Contaminated Vaccines Kill 15 Children In South Sudan

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Fifteen children died in a South Sudanese village last month after being administered with contaminated measles vaccines, the country’s health minister said Friday. During the vaccination of 300 people in the southeastern state of Kapoeta, local officials failed to follow guidelines, storing the vaccine unrefrigerated for four days and using a single syringe for the … Read more