In 2019, Sophie la girafe is pleased to announce the renewal of her partnership with
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), whose values she shares.
This year, the partnership is re-edited to fight measles, where it remains a threat.
A simple gesture: by purchasing the Sophie la girafe award gift set, Sophie la girafe is committed to fund
the equivalent of 3 vaccines against measles for the benefit of Médecins Sans Frontières.
From March 1st 2018 until December 31st 2019,
Sophie la girafe joins Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) for a beautiful operation...
Post on Instagram or Facebook a photo of a red heart on the arm accompanied by hashtag # 1HeartwithSophie: Sophie la Girafe is committed to fund a vaccine against measles by post published at Médecins Sans Frontières!
Measles is a viral disease that is spread by droplets of infected saliva in suspension in the air (sneezing, coughing). Measles is one of the most contagious diseases: it is estimated that one sick person could contaminate up to 18 other people (compared with 10 for mumps and 2 for Ebola).
This pathology represents a major danger, especially among children under five years of age.
The mortality associated with this disease has declined sharply over the past 30 years (89,780 deaths in 2016, while there were 733,000 in 2000 and 2.5 million in 1980), but the objective set by the WHO in 2000 to reduce the number of deaths by 95% by 2015 has not been reached.
Measles is still common in many developing countries. More than 20 million people suffer from it each year. Death from measles occurs in countries where the per capita income is low and the health infrastructure is fragile.
The best way to reduce mortality linked to measles is still therefore to strengthen prevention. The WHO advocates the vaccination of children with two injections. A vaccine has existed for 30 years. It is effective for approximately 85% of vaccinated children and confers a protection of several decades.
1 infant dies every 9 minutes from measles across the world.
In 2016, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) teams vaccinated 869,100 people against this disease, which continues to ravage.
In 2018, Sophie la girafe joins Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) to fight against measles. We are commited to finance 3 measles vaccines for each Sophie la girafe Award gift set sold.
