Skip to main content

Table 1 Measles cases, deaths and reactive vaccination in health structures supported by Médecins Sant Frontières Belgium in the province of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

From: Not only vaccine hesitancy, but also vaccination campaign hesitancy drives measles epidemics in conflict-torn eastern DR Congo

Masisi health zone (difficult to reach)

Year / Period

2020

2021

2022

T1* of 2023

Measles cases in MSF supported facilities

194

13

103

1684

Measles deaths in MSF supported facilities**

1

0

0

4

Number of measles vaccines

0

0

0

0

Kanyaruchinya refugee camp (easy to reach)

Trimester

T3*of 2022

T4*of 2022

T1*of 2023

Measles cases in MSF supported facilities

21

3

1411

Measles deaths in MSF supported facilities**

0

0

6

Number of measles vaccines

13,232

0

108,949

  1. *T1 = first trimester; T3 = third trimester; T4 = fourth trimester
  2. **This constitutes only the number of measles deaths in MSF supported health structures; anecdotically we were informed of several more deaths in the community