Over 800,000 Congolese Children To Receive Measles Vaccine

The transcript discusses a severe measles outbreak in Congo, with a focus on the high number of child fatalities. The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched an emergency vaccination campaign to immunize hundreds of thousands of Congolese children. This is the third such campaign in the country this year. The transcript also highlights the global rise in measles cases, with a significant increase in reported cases compared to the previous year, marking the largest epidemic in over a decade.

What was the number of suspected measles cases reported in Congo this year?

In what year did the number of global reported measles cases nearly triple?