Measles mayhem: Stories from the front line

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Measles mayhem: Stories from the front line

Measles Mangere Community Health
The team at Mangere Community Health: Richard Hulme, Shania Dean, Seema Singh, Avto Kandelaki and Mohini Gounder

We are on our summer break and the editorial office is closed until 13 January. We hope you enjoy this article which is part of Summer Hiatus, an eclectic mix from our news and clinical archives throughout the year, The Conversation and other publications we share content with. Please note the comment function has been turned off while we are away. Happy reading

Declaring New Zealand measles-free in October 2017 now seems the height of optimism. We knew we had large gaps in vaccination rates, and an outbreak w