# [TOP STORY] Measles outbreaks expose SA’s growing childhood vaccination crisis

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Podcast: [Moneyweb@Midday](https://stenobird.com/podcast/moneyweb-midday-60224)
Published: 2026-09-03T12:26:00+00:00
Episode link: https://iono.fm/e/1714046
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‘That really is the canary in the mine in that when you have these measles outbreaks, it tells us that there’s something seriously wrong with our immunisation programme,’ says Professor Shabir Madhi, dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and professor of vaccinology at Wits University. Moneyweb

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