Samoa

Five more babies in Samoa have died after contracting measles, bringing the nation's death toll from the measles epidemic to 60.

While the country's immunisation rates have never been high, a… Video, Audio

RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch asked the Prime Minister on Wednesday afternoon if it is acceptable a clinic in New Zealand denied Samoan toddler Frederick his MMR booster shot on Monday.

The family of a 15-month-old Samoan boy denied a measles booster by a South Auckland medical clinic on Monday say their son was given antibiotics for a scratch but denied a vaccine because he was not… Video, Audio

The death toll has now reached 60 in the Samoan measles epidemic. We speak to Siouxsie Wiles about misinformation around vaccines plus reaction to the ODT cartoon.  Audio

Samoa's measles epidemic is exacting an horrific toll. Hospitals are overrun, health staff are exhausted, public gatherings have ceased, and the death toll continues to climb.  Audio

Samoa's government will shut down on Thursday and Friday this week so all public sector workers can help with the country's mass measles vaccination campaign.

The death toll of the measles epidemic… Audio

Samoa's government will shut down on Thursday and Friday this week so almost all public sector workers can help with the country's mass measles vaccination campaign.

All government branches will… Video, Audio

There's been another five deaths in Samoa's measles epidemic, bringing the toll to 53, while experts are blaming an ill-informed anti-vaccination movement for the crisis. Audio

Defective concrete allegedly delayed apartment block building, gun owners claim they saw buyback data, measles continues to strike in Samoa, the gun buyback data breach causes a headache for the… Audio

As the death toll from measles rises to 53 in Samoa, the Samoa government is shutting down its offices on Thursday and Friday to support the mass vaccination programme across the country. In Fiji… Audio