27 Nov 2019

Measles: Samoa residents favour tradition over doctors - journalist

From Morning Report, 7:17 am on 27 November 2019

Samoa is still in the clutches of a deadly measles outbreak, which has claimed the lives of 32 people so far.

Freelance journalist in Apia, Maina Misa Foma'i Papalii says some families wait until it's too late to take their children to hospital - and many rely on traditional medicines instead.

She speaks to Susie Ferguson.