Some 1,400 children have died of measles in the Katana health zone of South Kivu over the past year, a recent NGO survey has found. The survey, conducted by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) between 10-12 March, revealed that the vaccination coverage rate in the area was “less than ideal”. An earlier IRC survey had found that 20 percent of child deaths in the area was attributable to measles. IRC estimates that some 45,000 of the estimated 56,200 children under five years old in the Katana zone need to be immunised against the disease.
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