Editing Measles (section)

===Africa===

The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Madagascar have reported the highest numbers of cases in 2019. However, cases have decreased in Madagascar as a result of nationwide emergency measles vaccine campaigns. As of August 2019 outbreaks were occurring in Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria, South Sudan and Sudan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.who.int/immunization/newsroom/new-measles-data-august-2019/en/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812222426/https://www.who.int/immunization/newsroom/new-measles-data-august-2019/en/|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 August 2019|title=New measles surveillance data from WHO|website=[[World Health Organization]] (WHO)|access-date=23 November 2019}}</ref>

==== Madagascar ====
An [[2018 Madagascar measles outbreak|outbreak of measles]] in 2018 has resulted in well beyond 115,000 cases and over 1,200 deaths.<ref name="AP">{{cite news|url=https://www.apnews.com/0cd4deb8141742b5903fbef3cb0e8afa|title=Measles outbreak kills more than 1200 in Madagascar|last=Bezain|first=Laetitia|date=14 April 2019|access-date=13 May 2019|publisher=Associated Press}}</ref>

==== Democratic Republic of Congo ====
An [[2019–2020 measles outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo|outbreak of measles]] with nearly 5,000 deaths and 250,000 infections occurred in 2019, after the disease spread to all the provinces in the country.<ref name=BBC2019>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50506743 |title=Nearly 5,000 dead in world's worst measles outbreak |date=21 November 2019 |access-date=23 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211233419/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50506743 |archive-date=11 February 2020}}</ref> Most deaths were among children under five years of age.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/nov/22/children-bear-the-brunt-as-the-worlds-biggest-measles-epidemic-sweeps-congo |title=Children bear the brunt as the world's biggest measles epidemic sweeps Congo |last=Ratcliffe |first=Rebecca |date=22 November 2019 |work=The Guardian |access-date=23 November 2019 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507233821/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/nov/22/children-bear-the-brunt-as-the-worlds-biggest-measles-epidemic-sweeps-congo | archive-date=7 May 2020 }}</ref> The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported this as the world's largest and fastest-moving epidemic.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/burden/vpd/surveillance_type/active/measles_monthlydata/en/ |title=Measles and Rubella Surveillance Data |website=[[World Health Organization]] (WHO) |access-date=23 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503130400/https://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/burden/vpd/surveillance_type/active/measles_monthlydata/en/ |archive-date=3 May 2020}}</ref>