Measles in Samoa: how a small island nation found itself in the grips of an outbreak disaster
- Written by Katherine Gibney, NHMRC early career fellow, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
Low immunisation coverage among young children in Samoa allowed a measles outbreak to take hold.From shutterstock.com
The pacific island nation of Samoa has been making headlines over the past month due to a significant measles outbreak. At last count, 4,995 measles cases had been recorded, and 72 people, mostly young children, had died.
The actual...