this is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes why is the d r c struggling to stop in easels helpful denies ations are on the ground vaccinating children 5000 people are getting infected every week. and the kenyan hadrian staff putting an eco friendly twist on hair extensions. today in the meat he used to from zanzibar tanzania it's rare for women in her community to play sports but she's kicking out old school attitudes one soccer game

at a time. hello i'm christine want to welcome to news africa it's good to have you along we've reported extensively on this program about the ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo which is the world's 2nd deadliest strong record but it's another if you david is raging in the d.r. sea nasals the country is desperately vaccinating children as it suffers the world's largest outbreak off the infectious disease mol than $5000.00 people died of measles in kong in 2019 most of them with children under the age of 5 i'll be talking to a health official on the ground in kinshasa after this report. inch a copper village in the west india or c.

families wait for potentially life saving measles vaccinations health officials are scrambling to treat the vulnerable children as the epidemic spreads measles can spread quickly in the diaz because not enough people are vaccinated ongoing conflict poor infrastructure and a tax on how so. because how vaccination if it's. not the main reason for failure to vaccinate against measles is families communities are not having access to the vaccine the inability of the vaccine program and the health system to provide vaccine to everybody everywhere when they need it. health officials must also contend with distrust from families and communities. we're seeing a surge in misinformation around vaccines in general and in particular around the vaccine this is a very high concern for us because families parents are really vulnerable to

misinformation children under the age of 5 a confident 90 percent of measles tests in the d.l.c. the vaccination campaign in response to this latest epidemic has yielded some positive results the areas targeted in recent weeks have already seen a drop in the number of new cases a month will show the population the advantage of the vaccination. vaccinated child is a protected child and even if the epidemic appears suddenly she will always be protected b.g. the battle to contain the ebola virus still simmering in the d.l.c. has swallowed many resources in a country where the health care system is already severely overstretched but as officials battle measles on multiple fronts the disease is quickly overtaking and bola as the country's major health crisis. i'm joined now by dr vincent so gino from the world health organization he's there incident manager for

measles to the d.s.e. welcome to news africa doc so what will it take to get this missiles outbreak in the d r c under control. manifest for your question there. are 300000 cases and not the seat i was in. because these 3 sure fished. is calling for more funding to put an end to these of the break to did instead of as does when he was. defended or linked to meant that for control of this outbreak he's going to put it in groups quote usual reactive isolation kids management issues and also send in some evidence so to implement this plan we have we need more fluent because despite it unfortunately i don't know us and there is need now to me to know

for the end of this fool who formed in of these. deep budget right you have talked about being a number of people add that already have contracted measles you all of us seeing a vaccine campaign largely as a preventative measure but it's talk about the people who have measles already at the 300000 people yet you've referred to what does it take to survive measles and od these people getting treatment. yes in addition to the reactive best mission that we have a lintian we are also implementing street of good faith prio shysters my measurement in the area affected so people are current to go to work as i said it is where it gets my legs meant she show that the government has.

to make that care free to of people in fact solving 2 misses include creek i says to effective care and you do in do contest yes we have a lot don't have to ration area where we needed. component to isis she wouldn't so do government with this so-called of the. us be minting free of free or sash is management and united that we didn't need to be shown corning's be outbreak is we. who are most of the affected by my depression. that stuff to vincent such an elf on the wall of health organization talking to us from kinshasa thank you.

now i'll admit i had never thought about how the way i wave my hate could be affecting the environment until i had about a woman in kenya who has found a way for pacing synthetic hay extensions with a natural material that's beautiful the hay and the environment. at this hairdressing salon in nairobi they use size 0 for hair extensions and braids in a wide variety of colors they are one of the saloon assume took us a bully came up with the idea to use size of fibers in head dressing she founded as a braids 2 years ago after kenya advantage single use plastic products and to then hex tensions were usually made of plastic i prefer. on say so because baby boys may wind rain doesn't sting they make him grow it doesn't cut it when being painted size of fiber extensions are not just eco friendly they also

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dollar some took us a boor is confident she could grow our business in relation to come in this invention is due to the notice from the central government of kenya. they said that this 1030 quid. polluting the environment i removed and right on me so i stayed and thought how to remove the tick ones. then they take the biodegradable natural hair on i meant back to the sun when in nairobi she dreams of sending her eco friendly fashion products around the world one day but for now she is concentrating on the domestic market in kenya. i think that's incredible now in tanzania a women's soccer team on the island of zanzibar is challenging a culture that believes only men should play football female players they're all competing in their league off their owed despite strong opposition from family and

the community. too many people in sons of women plain sport to simply and handle especially a sport like football which is course today a men's game but these talented young women are privily pushing back against old school attitudes. one of them going to be awesome or i i love food bowl because i know i'm talented as a woman playing football is amazing i was in 3rd grade when i started to play later courts nasra noticed that i was playing with boys in here and rolled me to play in the team and there were women fighters and it's going to. court as well no insults about she's become famous for her advocacy of equal rights for girls in football. over the yes she has faced fierce opposition and has constantly have to convince parents and families to let your daughters place

including bags. was like well it wasn't easy at 1st we had to plead with some by his parents and educate them about the sport they refused we went back again and again until the end us to not and the community also. i understood that you were just interested in playing football and not in making. guns to women like or to fighting for their rights. kind of joy the freedom to live again. most of the time our biggest supporters are boys over age but older people are still reluctant to show their support like my parents they didn't want me to play our neighbors told them a girl playing football is not a good thing so they were under a lot of pressure from other people going in. but in the end so his parents finally allowed her to play her mother's initial opposition to some by his wish to play football was driven by one specific fear you.

know where you're one up on one of them either while i was kid that she or didn't get married i wonder who will marry a female footballer but he is married has a child and own home so she hasn't had any problems because she plays football and . wife suck up mia sabbahi and his team have come a long way for them being able to play in such an open space is a testament that change is slowly taking place. and as it is africa you can catch all our stories online it's on our website facebook page now all the ducks christians like this man in ethiopia celebrate christmas on chattery 7 today will leave you with images of market stand space selling festive items for orthodox christmas festivities tonics time.

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