Measles - Papua, Indonesia
Indonesian health teams are scrambling to attend to the deadly measles outbreak in Asmat district of Papua province. In the past few months, around 60 children have died from the disease in the remote district where malnutrition cases are also soaring.
Since reports of the extent of outbreak filtered out of Papua earlier this month, Indonesia's government has moved quickly to attend to the situation, but is copping criticism for neglecting the health of Papuans over many years. The number affected by malnutrition had surpassed 10,000, which was exacerbating the measles problem.
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