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Nigeria: "Hundreds” dead in measles outbreak

A measles outbreak has killed at least 200 children in Nigeria in recent weeks according to health workers and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

18 Dec 2007

The Nigerian Red Cross is sending teams to affected cities in northern Nigeria to train volunteers and educate communities about prevention, according to a 13 December report by the IFRC, which contained the estimate of deaths.

Hundreds more children are infected, with cases in Kaduna, Kano, Katsina and Jigawa states, according to Mahmud Mustapha, director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency in charge of seven north-western states.

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