yellow fever
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Nearly one billion people in Africa to be protected against yellow fever by 2026
Apr 12, 2018Nearly one billion people will be vaccinated against yellow fever in 27 high-risk African countries by 2026 with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), Gavi – the Vaccine Alliance, UNICEF and more than 50 health... -
Angola declared the end of the world’s worst yellow fever epidemic in a generation
Dec 23, 2016News Hour: Angola declared the end of the world’s worst yellow fever epidemic in a generation on Friday after a U.N.-backed vaccination campaign of 25 million people that resulted in no new cases in six months.... -
Second meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) concerning yellow fever
Sep 7, 2016News Hour: The second meeting of the Emergency Committee (EC) regarding yellow fever was convened by the Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR 2005) by teleconference on 31 August 2016, from 13:00 to 17:30... -
Japan supports Congo’s efforts to contain Yellow Fever
Aug 5, 2016News Hour: The Government of Japan has made a USD 500,000 emergency grant to boost IOM’s efforts to contain a yellow fever outbreak which has killed some 95 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo... -
Congo border health officers got trained to fight Yellow Fever outbreak
Jun 28, 2016News Hour: At the request of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s National Border Hygiene Programme, IOM has trained a first group of border health officials as part a national contingency plan to combat an outbreak of... -
Lower doses of yellow fever vaccine could be used in emergencies
Jun 21, 2016News Hour: The yellow fever vaccine given as one fifth of the regular dose could be used to control an outbreak in case of vaccine shortages. Experts agreed with this proposal at a meeting convened by...
