Now playing Next View We should criminalise the anti-vax movement for eroding trust in life-saving medicines ǀ View The number of outbreaks of measles around the world is increasing. Governments planning to mandate vaccinations or introduce sanctions for those who do not vaccinate their child should consider action against those spreading false messages about these life-saving medicines. 09/05/2019
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Now playing Next world news Measles ‘spreads like wildfire’ if children not vaccinated: WHO expert Dr Mark Muscat of the World Health Organization tells Euronews that a lack of vaccination coverage is behind the record numbers of measles case in Europe. 21/08/2018
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Now playing Next Democratic Republic Of Congo WHO concerned about security of its workers in DRC As it flies into the Democratic Republic of the Congo to tackle the latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus the WHO talks exclusively to euronews about the challenges ahead 02/08/2018
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