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Global Measles Campaigns Intensify Amid Rising Cases

9/29/2025

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  • Nigeria will start a measles-rubella campaign on October 6, immunizing 160 million children aged 9 months to 14 years—the largest Africa-wide effort.
  • In Ghazni, Afghanistan, a vaccination drive began for 700,000 children aged nine months to ten years after five fatalities.
  • In the United States, measles cases reach 1,514, the highest since 1992, with most cases among unvaccinated individuals.