Measles Deaths in Africa Plunge by 91%

U.S. Newswire, November, 2007

To: NATIONAL EDITORS

Contact: Hayatee Hasan of WHO, Geneva, Tel.: 41 22 791 2103, hasanh@who.int; or Jessica Malter of UNICEF, New York, Tel.: 1-212- 326-7412, jmalter@unicef.org; or Michael Oko of American Red Cross, Washington DC, Tel.: 1-202-303-6820, okom@usa.redcross.org; or Steven Stewart of CDC, Atlanta, Tel.: 1 404-639-8327, znc4@cdc.gov; or Amy DiElsi of UN Foundation, Washington DC, Tel.: 1-202-419- 3230, adielsi@unfoundation.org

Africa Leads Strong Decline in Global Measles Deaths

Joint News Release: American Red Cross/UN Foundation/CDC/WHO/ UNICEF/62

ATLANTA, GENEVA, NEW YORK and WASHINGTON,Nov. 29/PRNewswire- USNewswire/-- Measles deaths in Africa fell by 91 percent between 2000 and 2006, from an estimated 396,000 to 36,000, reaching the...

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