Nigeria: Vaccine Suspicion Aggravates Measles Outbreak in Nigeria

An ongoing measles outbreak, which killed 36 children and infected over 4,000 in northern Nigeria between Feb. 16, 2012 and March 9, 2012, has been linked to a drop-off in immunizations due to vaccine shortages in regional health clinics and widespread suspicion of the vaccine, say government health officials.
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