The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that two successful vaccination campaigns have helped curb a measles outbreak in the Central African Republic (CAR).

In a weekly update, WHO Africa commended the war-ravaged country’s measles response “particularly in the context of COVID-19 and continuing insecurity.”

According to the statement from the agency, a total of 2.6 million children were immunized in the vaccination campaigns, with particular emphasis on children aged between six and 59 months.

Adolphus Mawolo reports.