15 deaths and 864-suspected cases have been recorded as a result of measles outbreak in Gombe State from January this year to date.

 The Cluster Consultant for World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr.  Raymond Dankoli disclosed this during a parley with journalists in Gombe on Thursday.

The Consultant explained that the outbreak was recorded in seven out of the 11 local government areas of the state, with Gombe local government area having the highest number of suspected measles infection with 107 reported cases.

The meeting was organised by the state Primary Health Care Development Agency (PHCDA) as part of a sensitization campaign against the 2017 Measles Campaign Vaccination scheduled for November 30 to December 15.


 Dankoli said the agency had learnt from the past mistake in a similar exercise held in 2015 which led to a below par performance of 84% and it is now poised to conduct a successful exercise with an eye on achieving 95% and above coverage.

 He said the agency had already taken proactive steps in response to the disease outbreak by making available