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A measles vaccination campaign to protect more than four million children living in conflict-affected areas of Nigeria is due to begin on Friday, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n
The two-week campaign will target all children aged between 6 months, and 10-years-old in accessible areas of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.<\/p>\n
A humanitarian and economic crisis is on-going across north-east Nigeria due to years of conflict between the Boko Haram extremist group, which is based in the region, and government forces.<\/p>\n
Measles is a highly-contagious and sometimes deadly disease said WHO, and \u201cmassive disruption\u201d in health services in conflict-affected areas has delayed vaccination programs.<\/p>\n
Many children are also suffering severe malnutrition, making them more vulnerable to disease.<\/p>\n
WHO is working with the government health care agencies in each of the three states, along with the UN Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) and other partner agencies.<\/p>\n
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Source: UN Radio<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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