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Impact of armed conflict on measles surveillance and zero-dose vaccination status in Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018 - 2024

2026-02-01 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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BackgroundArmed conflict disrupts health systems, undermining routine immunization and disease surveillance. These disruptions can delay outbreak detection and allow population susceptibility to accumulate unnoticed. This study assessed the impact of the 2020 - 2022 conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia, on measles epidemiology, focusing on surveillance reporting, age distribution of cases, and vaccination status. MethodsWe conducted a retrospective longitudinal analysis of national case-based measles s...

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