As Americans shun the measles vaccine, the residents of Idjwi are dying to get it
IDJWI ISLAND — From my home in Idjwi, an island in Lake Kivu between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda with a population of 300,000, I’ve been watching the U.S. measles outbreak with a mixture of astonishment and incredulity. The U.S. outbreak, with nearly 1,000 reported cases so far, is due in large part due to …