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The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Thursday that at least 90 children and young people have died from measles in Madagascar since last October, despite the implementation of an extensive vaccination program d & # 39; emergency.
Katrina Kritsinger, WHO's official immunization program, said the number of deaths was based on official figures, with field figures likely to be much higher: sixty-six cases have been reported so far .
Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in Africa, and the WHO reported that in 1717 only 57% of its population was vaccinated against measles, which explains the epidemic.
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