Executive summary Background In 2016, a widespread yellow fever outbreak in Angola, also affecting the capital city, caused unprecedented spread, affecting neighbouring countries with an urban...
An MSF/Epicentre study has found giving one-fifth of a normal dose of yellow fever vaccine provides protection. The disease can be deadly and is incurable, claiming 300,000 lives each year; outbreaks...
Introduction Nine events have been assessed for potential declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). A PHEIC is defined as an extraordinary event that constitutes a...
Executive summary The comprehensive global strategy to Eliminate Yellow Fever Epidemics (EYE) was developed by WHO, UNICEF, Gavi the vaccine alliance, and more than fifty partners to build a global...
The Transformation Agenda of the World Health Organization Secretariat in the African Region 2015–2020 strives to deliver “the WHO that the staff and stakeholders want”. Over the past five years, WHO...
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Executive Summary The Regional Director is pleased to present this report on the work of WHO in the African Region for the period July 2017 to June 2018. The reporting period includes part of the...
Contents 409 Yellow fever in Africa and the Americas, 2017 415 Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January-June 2018 Sommaire 409 Fièvre jaune en Afrique et dans les Amériques, 2017 415 Rapport...
While Africa has seen tremendous progress towards access to immunization, one in five African children still lack access to all the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended life-saving vaccines, a...
Steve Baragona When stockpiles of yellow fever vaccine run low, partial doses are effective, according to a new study. The report on the vaccine, which currently is in short supply, comes as...