![A nurse prepares a syringe for a vaccination against measles at a pediatric clinic in Kiev. The Ukraine had 72,408 cases of measles in the year from March 2018 to February 2019 — the highest number for any country during that period.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2019/04/29/gettyimages-910357936_wide-aed920442f9c92ef64bd4a3f3f335c46e4912468.jpg?s=600)
The World Health Organization tallied more than 112,000 measles cases in the first quarter of 2019 — up more than 300% compared to the same period in 2018.
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