Saturday, 26 March 2016

PRO/AH/EDR> Yellow fever - Africa (29): Angola

Yellow Fever -- Angola
The 1st yellow fever outbreak in Angola in decades has killed 178 people, the World Health Organization said on Thursday [24 Mar 2016]. WHO said that more than 450 people had been infected by the disease since December [2015]. Its statement said that, while 5.7 million people had been vaccinated against yellow fever, there is a global vaccine shortage.
Yellow fever is spread by mosquitoes, most commonly the _Aedes aegypti_ mosquito, the same species that spreads the Zika

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/1XUjHW7

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