Malawi has been facing its biggest measles epidemic in 13 years. Working with the local health authorities, MSF has launched a vaccination campaign for more than 2.5 million children.
The cholera outbreak in Zambia that began on October 3, 2008, deteriorated dramatically in the month of January. Some 1,169 cases had been reported by January 21 in the capital, Lusaka.
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