Measles mortality among Afghan refugee children
PJMR-Pakistan Journal of Medical Research. 2002; 41 (3): 123-5
in English
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-60632
ABSTRACT
Measles outbreak was investigated in Afghan refugees camp, Haripur, NWFP where around 80 cases of measles had occurred among children of age 1-7 years during a period of two months from December 2000 to January 2001. All the 12 children who died out of the 80 measles cases were residing in a camp served by the Basic Health Unit-3 of the camp. This specific camp had high influx of refugees with low immunization coverage and high malnutrition rate
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Refugees
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Child
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Disease Outbreaks
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Measles
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Pak. J. Med. Res.
Year:
2002
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