Measles vaccination drive expands in east of DR Congo as conflict persists

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Measles vaccination drive expands in east of DR Congo as conflict persists   A campaign to vaccinate tens of thousands of children in eastern Congo’s Masisi Territory continued Monday, as local health authorities battled a measles outbreak that has left thousands of children sick.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/12/02/measles-vaccination-drive-expands-in-east-of-dr-congo-as-conflict-persists  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00A missile vaccination campaign is still ongoing in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in the Masisi territory.

00:08The campaign is mainly targeting thousands of children in the region, but has recorded alarming number of cases.

00:15Local health care workers were supported by doctors without borders,

00:18who had been called in to support them as the outbreak took off over recent months amid an ongoing conflict

00:26that is now one of the world's largest displaced persons crisis.

00:31Well, the first challenge is from a population estimation point of view,

00:35because from the point of view of the vaccination campaign, the target population that we estimated, we are now more than that.

00:43Why? Because there is a population movement.

00:46The larger Masisi territory that is home to Rubaya has been under M23 control since the group took large swaths of territory,

00:53including Eastern Capitals, Goma and Bukavu, earlier this year.

00:58The rebels' advances killed some 3,000 people this year

01:01and worsened what was already one of the world's largest humanitarian crises,

01:05with around 7 million people displaced.

01:07The rebels' advances killed some 3,000 people this year and worsened what was already one of the world's largest

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