Friday, 28 September 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> Yellow fever - Africa (16): Republic of Congo, vaccination

Yellow Fever -- Republic of Congo
The Republic of Congo, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners, started today [26 Sep 2018] a vaccination campaign to control the spread of yellow fever in the port city of Pointe Noire and surrounding areas. More than one million people from 9 months of age are expected to be vaccinated in this 6-day campaign.
The vaccination campaign uses doses from the global emergency yellow fever vaccine stockpile managed by the International Coordination Group on Vaccine

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6058639&promed&0

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