Matthew Abbott

PERSONAL PROJECTS/On Country in Arnhem Land 2008 - Ongoing PHOTOJOURNALISM/Cattle Raiding in South Sudan 2014 PHOTOJOURNALISM/Rohingya Refugees 2012 Purchasing Photographs PHOTOJOURNALISM/South Sudan In Turmoil 2014 PHOTOJOURNALISM/Istanbul 2008 About - Contact Hussain's Journey/Hussain's Journey FULL Achievements PERSONAL PROJECTS/The Land Where the Crow Flies Backwards PHOTOJOURNALISM/Tear Sheets PHOTOJOURNALISM/Video Doco: Get Free or Die Trying 2013 PERSONAL PROJECTS/When They Sing of Australia They Never Mention the Flies PHOTOJOURNALISM/Camp Dead End - Manus Island 2016 PHOTOJOURNALISM/The Last Outback Truckies PHOTOJOURNALISM/Jillaroos PHOTOJOURNALISM/"We are not a gang" Aus-South Sudanese Youth EDITORIAL PORTRAITS PHOTOJOURNALISM/Black Summer PHOTOJOURNALISM/Grand City PHOTOJOURNALISM/Football’s Longest Drive PHOTOJOURNALISM/Bachelor and Spinsters PHOTOJOURNALISM/Samoa Measles Epidemic PHOTOJOURNALISM/Uluru Climbing Ban PHOTOJOURNALISM/Fighting Fire with Fire

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Children in their family home play Mu, a version of checkers to keep themselves occupied after the Government banned children from congregating in public places to help stop the spread of measles. As of December 16th 2019, there have been 5,200 confirmed cases of measles and 73 deaths in Samoa - out of a population of just over 200,000 people. A measles outbreak beginning in October has impacted the small island nation, which before the outbreak had a vaccination rate of only between 28-40% according to the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef). Responding to the outbreak, the Samoan government has issued a state of emergency and enacted a mobile vaccination program which has now reportedly vaccinated over 90% of the population. Letogo village, Samoa. 10th December 2019. Matthew Abbott for The New York Times.

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