He pointed out that during the Ebola outbreak in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who has killed almost 2,300 people since mid-2018, measles has proven to be more deadly.
"Everyone focused on Ebola, but 2.5 times the number of people died in the country from the measles that died of Ebola," he said.
GAVI provides vaccines against a wide range of diseases for 60 percent of children in the world living in developing countries.
While it may not be too great treatment to delay vaccines for some of the diseases for a few months, timely immunization against the most contagious as measles is essential. Already, the world faces a resurgence of illness than once, but eradicated, which is a highly contagious viral infection, sometimes fatal.
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