March 2023: Syria in late March ran a measles-rubella and polio campaign

Syria in late March ran a measles-rubella and polio campaign in the northwest part of the country. Targeting children under age 5, the effort sought to immunize 733,000 with the MR vaccine and 815,000 with OPV. In Aleppo, 34 of 55 “highly suspected” cases were recently confirmed as measles. ReliefWeb