15 children die following botched vaccination

At least 15 children have died from a botched attempt to immunise
them against measles in rural South Sudan.

 32 other children suffered
symptoms of fever, vomiting and diarrhoea but eventually recovered. 

South Sudan’s health ministry on Friday
blamed the deaths on human error.

It was discovered that unqualified
and untrained health workers used same syringe without sterilising it
for the campaign and they failed to store the vaccine properly.

It was also discovered that the botched campaign used people as young as 12-years-old to administer the vaccine.

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