Resumen de Epidemics neglected emergencies?

Jason Cone, Monica Rull

• The article discusses the outbreak of measles in Katanga province of the Republic of Congo. It mentions that the outbreak is emblematic of how a combination of inadequate surveillance systems, politically motivated decisions, poor healthcare for local communities and little response capacity from health systems. It notes that the outbreak was complicated by malnutrition and malaria wherein most of the children in the intensive care unit struggled to survive.