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Could polio and measles make a comeback in Ky.? School vaccination rates say kids are vulnerable

Clutching an umbrella, medical records and her two-year-old daughter, Kani Fall negotiated the brown puddles lapping at the hospital gate, the final hurdle in a two-hour, rain-soaked journey to her nearest vaccination clinic in western Gambia.

There has been a drop in English vaccination numbers for diseases such as polio and measles

In tonight's edition: University lecturers in Nigeria refuse to go back to class after being ordered to do so by court order. Disputes over pay are common in the country. Also, Zimbabwe is battling a measles outbreak. More than 700 children have died in recent months because of low vaccination…

Diseases which many may assume are in the past are making a comeback, which is why it is important to be able to spot potential warning signs.

Church members in Zimbabwe are getting their children vaccinated against measles in secret amid a deadly outbreak

The COVID pandemic exposed the fault lines in health systems and national routine immunisation programmes around the world.

Deadly diseases such as measles, tetanus and whooping cough are on the rise in Ethiopia's Tigray region after vaccination rates plunged during the civil war that broke out nearly two years ago, doctors and regional health officials say.

NSW has its first recorded case of measles in more than two years with health authorities warning anyone at possible exposure locations to monitor for symptoms.