Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Measles may follow Ebola in Africa

Currently Ebola has taken more than 10,000 lives of Africans. Their three main nations Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are main among hit regions of this epidemic disease. It took lives of health workers from local and international volunteers also.

A health research is recently published by scientists that Ebola has created a gap of health workers and it is dangerous in upcoming days. Many children are missing vaccinations of measles that is alarming situation. The disease perception of this area's population is much prone to viral infection.


Researchers from John Hopkins, Princeton University, Bloomberg school of health and National Institute of Health (NIH) participated in it. They have published approximate number of cases to be hit by measles. According to research, 127,000 to 227,000 people will be affected by measles. Death ratios would be higher than Ebola virus and can be 2000 to above 16000 in Africa.

WHO have organized campaign to raise level of immunity to epidemic disease through vaccination in Africa. It proved helpful and rate of deaths decrease dramatically by 50% in a decade. It's stunning long process to develop human immune system against diseases. WHO assisted from year 2000 to 2010.

Although measles has been worst disease but internationally vaccination helped a lot. It's reported cases dropped from above 5 lac to only a lac.

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