Van Brusselen Daan, Dubois Ali Heshima, Bindu Lucien Kandundao, Moluh Zakari, Nzomukunda Yvonne, Liesenborghs Laurens
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Masisi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Operational Center Brussels, Brussels, Belgium.
Confl Health. 2024 Feb 1;18(1):14. doi: 10.1186/s13031-024-00569-6.
The COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine hesitancy are not the only causes of the increase in measles cases in low- and middle-income countries. Measles epidemics, like the recent one in eastern DRC, are often quickly halted by mass vaccination in 'easy to reach' refugee camps. However, governmental and humanitarian actors fail to respond effectively in 'hard-to-reach' areas like Masisi, frequently limiting themselves to more accessible areas close to big cities.
新冠疫情和疫苗犹豫并非低收入和中等收入国家麻疹病例增加的唯一原因。麻疹疫情,比如近期在刚果民主共和国东部发生的疫情,通常能通过在“易于抵达”的难民营开展大规模疫苗接种迅速得到控制。然而,政府和人道主义行动方在像马西西这样“难以抵达”的地区未能做出有效应对,往往将行动局限于靠近大城市的更容易进入的地区。