Why?
The number of cases of measles has been increasing in the Philippines over the past several years, but since late 2018 there has been a dramatic increase in cases nationally. There has been 261 deaths between 1 January and 2 March 2019 in comparison to 202 deaths in 2018. Between 2017 and 2018, there was a 547 per cent increase of measles cases reported nationwide1.