Doctors say a rare but fatal condition linked to measles is rising in Pakistan - Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
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Loading share buttons... At a glanceEvery child who contracts measles as an infant has a roughly 1 in 10,000 chance of developing Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis, or SSPE, later in life. This degenerative brain condition is almost universally fatal and has no cure. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, doctors say they're seeing an alarming number of children struck down by the condition, as families of patients band together to find support. Experts say that measles vaccination remains the only protection against the disease. Lying motionless on a bed with a feeding tube across his face, nine-year-old Muhammad Nauman is a different little boy than the one whose laughter used to fill this home. For his father, Saifullah, a daily-wage labourer, the sight is almost impossible to comprehend and accept. Just a year and a half ago Nauman was an energetic child who spent his days playing cricket and the traditional game of tip-cat in the streets of Khyber District, close to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Saifullah takes out his mobile phone and scrolls through videos of Nauman swimming in a canal and playing with domestic animals.
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