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Dr. Mohamed Yakub Janabi

WHO Regional Director for Africa

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"Africa has made remarkable progress in less than a generation, expanding immunisation and saving millions of young lives. But the progress is uneven, and even slowing, leaving too many children unprotected as key targets are still missed." — April 2026 statement

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African measles vaccination campaign saves nearly 20 million lives since 2000

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In office since June 2025

In 2000, measles killed roughly 480,000 people a year in Africa, mostly children under five. A quarter-century of sustained vaccination — more than half a billion routine doses and 622 million supplemental campaign doses across 44 countries — has cut that toll in half, saving an estimated 19.5 million lives. Three sub-Saharan nations have now eliminated the disease entirely, a milestone once considered decades away.

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