Burkina Faso: Measles outbreak update

The Africa CDC’s Weekly Event Based Surveillance Report (28 April 2024) states that the Ministry of Health (MoH) recorded 560 new suspected measles cases and one new death (CFR: 0.2%) across eight regions, marking a 55% decrease in new cases since the last report. To date, there have been 8,315 cases (362 confirmed and 7,953 suspected) and 38 deaths (CFR: 0.5%) reported from all regions in Burkina Faso. Of these cases, 51% were males and 65% were children under five years old. Additionally, 7% of the confirmed cases had been vaccinated against the measles virus. In 2022, the national measles vaccination coverage for children under five in Burkina Faso reached 96%.