Yellow Fever -- Worldwide/Unknown
Changes in the way humans live and work, and the resurgence of mosquito vectors, particularly the _Aedes aegypti_ mosquito (which spreads Zika, dengue fever and chikungunya), have raised the global risk of yellow fever. The 2 large yellow fever outbreaks in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo are now under control but these are just warnings of bigger outbreaks to come if action is not taken.
A coalition of partners working to stop yellow fever outbreaks met in Geneva on 12 Sep 2016
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2cUnDJX
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