Fueled by the ongoing war in Sudan, a measles outbreak that swept through Rokero, Central Darfur, between June and October affected over 1,000 people, mostly children under 5 years old.

To control the measles outbreak and protect vulnerable lives, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) launched a vaccination campaign that reached 9,634 children, primarily vaccinating those aged 6-59 months who are at most risk of severe complications from measles.

“For weeks, we didn’t know what to do,” says Fatima, a mother of three. “My youngest was coughing and had a fever, and others in our village were getting sick too. When we heard about the vaccination team coming, we made sure to get to them.”