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Women in lavender, blue, and burgundy burkas who are part of an immunization team write a message on the wall of a stone house during a vaccination campaign in Kandahar, Afghanistan on January 28, 2020.

Measles is Raging in Afghanistan

by Emaad Hassan, S. Deblina Datta, Pratima L. Raghunathan, James L. Goodson

A nationwide vaccination campaign is urgently needed, say CDC measles experts

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A baby receives a vaccine injection at a children's clinic in Kiev, Ukraine, on August 14, 2019. Photo by REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

A U.S.-European Measles Moment

by Rebecca Sirull, Emma Rogowski

The unfortunate return of a potentially fatal virus can be blamed on one thing 

Education in Africa is being disrupted along with everything else—chickens here in a classroom converted into a poultry house because of COVID-19 in the town of Wang'uru, Kenya, on August 28, 2020. Picture shows a large gaggle of chickens inside a classroom, clucking around. One stands atop an overturned bucket. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
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The Double Threat of COVID-19 in Africa

by Tom Frieden, John Nkengasong

Deaths from health-care disruptions due to COVID-19 are almost certain to outnumber deaths from the coronavirus itself

A Samoan beach before the coronavirus crisis—pictured on June 2, 2017 in Saleapaga, Samoa after New Zealand Prime Minister announced a $5.15 million aid package to help boost Samoa's tourism industry. The picture shows a tropical beach in Somoa with gorgeous palm trees and grass huts. GETTY Images/Phil Walter
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Coronavirus in Samoa

by Nicola Hawley

Serendipitous twist of a tragic 2019 measles outbreak may have left small island nation unusually prepared for COVID-19