Health authorities

The outbreak which started in New Zealand has hit Samoa the hardest with 76 people killed as of Wednesday and more than 5,300 cases recorded since October.

A statement from the Solomon Islands health ministry issued on 11 December said everyone travelling to Solomon Islands must present a traveller's public health declaration card on arrival.

Anyone travelling from countries affected by measles must show certified proof that they have received a measles vaccination at least three weeks prior to arriving in Solomon Islands.

The joint initiative by the Ministry of Health, the WHO and UNICEF, will also introduce the rubella vaccine and deliver vitamin A supplements, deworming medication and polio vaccines.

The campaign is being introduced after lessons learned from measles outbreaks in 2014 and earlier this year which revealed gaps in Vanuatu's national immunisation program.

It aims to reach at least 94,000 ni-Vanuatu children between the ages of one and fifteen.