Data from routine measles vaccination for 2005 indicates that less than 25 percent of infants were vaccinated before their first birthday and that Somalia has registered very low coverage for all vaccine-preventable diseases since the collapse of the central government in 1991. |
Since many children have gone unvaccinated, the number of children liable to be affected has increased over the last 15 years leading to serious outbreaks of measles reported annually throughout Somalia. |