State Minister for National Health Services Saira Afzal Tarar on Wednesday said that the government is launching a phased measles campaign across the country with a total target of vaccinating 62,4

At least seven children have been killed while 185 others hospitalised due to the recent outbreak of measles in a village near Keenjhar Lake, Thatta.

Brazil´s top biomedical research and development center announced plans on Monday to produce a combined measles and rubella vaccine for developing countries, mainly in Africa.

* Total of 16 deaths reported; inflow of patients expected to end by mid-October

Twenty-seven new cases of measles were reported during the last 24 hours as the number of cases in Punjab in the last seven months has reached 22,971.

With 27 new cases reported during the last 24 hours, the number of measles cases in Punjab during the last six and half months has reached to 22,912.

With rapid spread of measles in Punjab, three areas in the provincial capital have been declared high-risk.

After claiming a life and affecting 67 children in Ganjam's Dasiarampalli village, measles has now spread to Rambha.

Vitamin A supplement has been found to reduce the incidence of diarrhoea and measles in children between six and 59 months, besides decreasing all-cause mortality by 28 per cent in the same age gro

With 74 new cases reported during the last 24 hours, the number of measles cases in Punjab in the last six and a half months has reached 22,298.