June 2 (UPI) -- Fifteen children in a rural South Sudan town died in a botched measles vaccination campaign led by an unqualified staff, a World Health Organization investigation revealed.
The victims were under the age of five and died because those administering vaccinations did not follow safety standards during the four-day campaign, WHO reported Thursday. The investigation noted that syringes were used multiple times on different children and that the vaccine was not kept in a cold storage facility, as required. People as young as 12 were administering the vaccinations.