MACAO SAR (china), 27 MARCH 2015 – Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia and Japan have been verified as having achieved measles elimination by the Measles Regional Verification Commission. The three countrie
By: Dr Asha Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the Kenya Red Cross. This blog is adapted from a speech given at the Gavi pledging conference in Berlin, on 27th January 2015. Watch it in full here.
Context In 2014, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone experienced an unprecedented Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak. By the end of 2014, the three countries had reported a total of 20,206 cases1. The ou