yellow fever

Nearly one billion people in Africa to be protected against yellow fever by 2026

by News Hour Correspondent - Apr 12, 2018

Nearly 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

by News Hour Correspondent - Dec 23, 2016

News 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

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Sep 7, 2016

News 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

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Aug 5, 2016

News 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

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jun 28, 2016

News 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

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Jun 21, 2016

News 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...