Xerophthalmia and Measles in East Africa

Commentary: Accelerated measles control/measles elimination in southern Africa.

has developed a global plan for accelerated measles control which calls for implementation of a strategy based on that used to successfully control measles in the Americas—a 'catch-up' campaign providing measles vaccine to all children (usually 9 months [or 1 year] to 14 years of age) regardless of prior history of immunization or disease, followed by high levels of routine coverage with measle...

Political Stability, Corruption, Democracy and Terrorism In the Middle East and North Africa

Terrorism has been considered as a challenge with serious effect in the world as a result of instability, corruption and lack of democracy in most countries. Confronting this phenomenon requires recognizing its roots to find possible solutions. This study aims to examine the effect of some actual factors which causes the terrorism in short and long run. To this end, investigation has been condu...

Corneal xerophthalmia and keratomalacia.

Detailed examinations were conducted on 162 consecutive children with nutritional keratopathy. Surface changes ranged from mild haziness through generalized xerosis and formation of thickened keratinized plaques. Diffuse stromal edema occured early in the disease. Stromal loss took two forms: relatively small, sharply demarcated, eccentric, noninfiltrated cylindrical ulcers of varying depth; an...

Measles outbreak in South Africa, 2003-2005.

OBJECTIVES Measles was virtually eliminated in South Africa following control activities in 1996/7. However, from July 2003 to November 2005, 1676 laboratory-confirmed measles cases were reported in South Africa. We investigated the outbreak's cause and the role of HIV. DESIGN We traced laboratory-confirmed case-patients residing in the Johannesburg metropolitan (JBM) and O. R. Tambo district...

Early days and East Africa