9 mayo, 2023
Since 2021, the annual number of confirmed cases of measles in Ethiopia has increased significantly, from 1,953 in 2021 to 9,291 (an increase of 376%) in 2022, and 6,933 so far in 2023, as of May 1. Thus, there was a nearly five-fold increase in confirmed measles cases between 2021 and 2022.
Between January 1 and April 2, 2023, the somali region reported 56 laboratory-confirmed and 364 epidemiologically linked measles cases.
From August 12, 2021 to May 1, 2023, 16,814 laboratory-confirmed measles cases and 182 deaths were reported nationally, with a case fatality rate of 1.1%.
Active outbreaks of measles have been reported in 44 woredas/districts from eight regions: Afar, Amhara, Harari, Oromia, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR), South West Ethiopia Peoples Region (SWEPR), Tigray and Somali. The number of woredas affected by measles was 52 (5% of the country’s 1,080 woredas) in 2021 and 125 (12%) in 2022
Among confirmed measles cases, only 36% have received one or more doses of the vaccine
Local risks Ethiopia
More information about measles in Ethiopia
- 2023. April Oromia
- 2014. From January to August, 202 measles outbreaks have been reported in the country: Amhara (61), Oromia (75) and SNNP (31)
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