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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>The Ministry of Health and partner \u2013 Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) have launched a measles vaccination campaign in Boma of Pibor Administrative Area after confirming an outbreak of the childhood disease in the area.<\/p>\n

In earlier October, Health Minister Yolanda Awel dispatched a team to the area to collect samples following reports of a mystery illness the remote Boma area.<\/p>\n

The samples, according to a high-ranking official at the ministry, have now tested positive for measles.<\/p>\n

Dr. John Rumunu, the Director General of Preventive Health Services said a good number of the samples indicated infection of the virus that is fast spreading in different parts of the country, especially in displacement camps.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as we got the information, we formed a team from our National Rapid Response Team with colleagues from WHO, who went to Mewun and samples were collected and we tested the samples,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA good number of the sample tested positive for measles, and I am happy to inform the public that already through support from MSF, we are already implementing reactive measles vaccination in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Rumunu said the Ministry of Health, with support from the medical charity \u2013 MSF, has activated measles vaccination in the area.<\/p>\n

According to WHO, measles is a highly contagious disease caused by the measles virus and occurs as a seasonal disease in tropical zones during the dry season.<\/p>\n

It is transmitted instantly through respiratory droplets when an infected person sneezes or coughs, but the nature of transmission to vaccinated persons has not been demonstrated.<\/p>\n

There is no specific antiviral treatment for measles and most people recover within 2-3 weeks.<\/p>\n

But measles can cause serious complications including blindness, severe diarrhea, ear infection, and pneumonia among malnourished children and people with compromised immunity as well as pregnant women.<\/p>\n

The disease still kills more than 200,000 people a year, mostly children but it can be prevented with a vaccine.<\/p>\n

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