Measles killing more people than Ebola in Congo, Doctors Without Borders says

Measles has killed 2,758 people in Congo since January, more than the Ebola epidemic in a year, medical NGO Doctors Without Borders said, and called for a “massive mobilization of funds.” The disease, preventable with a vaccine, has infected over 145,000 people in Congo between January and early August, it said in a statement. “Since July, the epidemic has worsened, with a rise in new cases reported in several provinces,” said the NGO, which goes by its French acronym MSF. “Only $2.5 million has been raised out of the $8.9 million required for the Health Cluster response plan — in stark contrast with the Ebola epidemic in the east of the country, which attracts multiple organisations and hundreds of millions of dollars in funding,” it added. MSF tweeted that without a “massive mobilisation of funds and response organizations, the current measles outbreak in #DRCongo could get even worse.” The NGO said it has vaccinated 474,860...