Tag: measles

• Tuesday, July 22nd 2025 - 10:03 UTC

  Pharmaceutical industry crisis deepens Bolivia's plight with measles

  

  Bolivia, currently grappling with a measles outbreak, has reported a pharmaceutical industry crisis exacerbated by a dollar shortage. Additionally, the country is also dealing with low influenza vaccination rates among vulnerable groups.

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• Monday, July 21st 2025 - 10:13 UTC

  Bolivia stepping up efforts to tackle measles

  

  Bolivia is stepping up its efforts to combat a potential measles outbreak, with the Health Ministry conducting an international health emergency drill at El Alto International Airport and the Education Ministry implementing mandatory vaccination checks for students.

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• Wednesday, June 25th 2025 - 10:26 UTC

  Bolivia: Measles outbreak leads to schooling reschedules

  

  Bolivian education authorities in Santa Cruz have moved forward the winter recess, spanning now from June 30 through July 11, given the measles outbreak affecting the country. Other regions will continue with regular classes and follow the existing academic calendar, with their break set for July 7 to 18. Meanwhile, the cities of La Paz, El Alto, and Potosí, as well as several municipalities in Santa Cruz, have switched to online classes until the epidemic is under control, Education Minister Omar Véliz announced.

• Friday, November 1st 2024 - 10:14 UTC

  PAHO warns of surge in measles cases

  

  Given the recent identification of measles clusters and cases in the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) issued an epidemiological alert on Thursday. Therefore, the World Health Organization's (WHO) continental subsidiary urged local governments to up their vaccination campaigns.

• Thursday, February 22nd 2024 - 10:21 UTC

  WHO warns against an increase in the number of cases of measles

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned this week of a 79% global increase in the number of cases of measles, “a childhood illness caused by a virus that easily spreads among people and can be very harmful to children,” of which over 300,000 detections were recorded last year.

• Thursday, April 28th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  WHO and UNICEF warn conditions ripe for serious outbreaks of measles

  

  An increase in measles cases in January and February 2022 is a worrying sign of a heightened risk for the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases and could trigger larger outbreaks, particularly of measles affecting millions of children in 2022, warn WHO and UNICEF.

• Friday, November 13th 2020 - 09:01 UTC

  Measles cases the highest in 23 years: countries aren't vaccinating

  

  Measles cases reached the highest level in 23 years in 2019 and health authorities warned that many countries aren’t vaccinating enough people amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Friday, November 6th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Covid-19 overshadowing emergency action to avert measles and polio epidemics, WHO and UNICEF

  

  UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an urgent call to action to avert major measles and polio epidemics as COVID-19 continues to disrupt immunization services worldwide, leaving millions of vulnerable children at heightened risk of preventable childhood diseases.

• Tuesday, February 18th 2020 - 06:31 UTC

  Mercosur urgent health ministers meeting to address dengue, measles and coronavirus threat

  

  Mercosur health ministers will be holding an urgent meeting this week in Paraguay to address the spread of dengue, the outbreak of measles and the possible arrival of the China coronavirus to the region.

• Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:04 UTC

  Measles and “immunization gap” causing an alarming upsurge of the disease

  

  Measles is staging a devastating comeback in epidemics across the world as the virus exploits dangerous gaps in vaccination coverage, World Health Organization (WHO) experts said.