Measles cases go up in DRC

Measles vaccine.

A toddler gets a measles vaccine at a centre in Temba, near Seke Banza, DR Congo. PHOTO | AFP
 

The Democratic Republic of Congo has witnessed an upsurge of measles with more than 13,000 cases reported since January this year.

According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), many of the cases are complicated and associated with malnutrition.