More than 15 million Angolans and 10 million Congolese were vaccinated under a campaign coordinated by the WHO. No new cases have been reported for six months.
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More than 15 million Angolans and 10 million Congolese were vaccinated under a campaign coordinated by the WHO. No new cases have been reported for six months.
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Four months have passed without a single case of yellow fever in Angola and DRC, thanks to the joint response activities of health authorities, local health workers, WHO and partners.
There have been no confirmed cases since late June but the battle is not over. As the rainy season brings the mosquito that transmits the virus, agencies are working on vaccination and prevention.
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Working with Ministries of Health in the 2 countries, WHO is coordinating 56 global partners to vaccinate more than 14 million people against yellow fever in more than 8,000 locations.
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In Angola and DRC, the IFRC has deployed Regional Disaster Response Team members, and released start-up funds from its Disaster Relief Emergency Fund to support operations.
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Despite vaccination campaigns in Luanda, Huambo and Benguela provinces of Angola, circulation of the virus persists in some districts, according to the health body.
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Fears are growing that a deadly yellow fever outbreak in Angola - which has already spread to DRC, Kenya and China - will continue to expand without immediate action to prevent it.
This will be the first deployment of a public health team under the European Medical Corps, established in earlier this year, to complement the efforts ongoing on the ground.
Despite efforts by the health authorities and partners, including the Red Cross, the number of cases being reported has continued to increase and the situation remains concerning, says IFRC.
Health authorities are implementing several control and response activities, including case management, enhanced surveillance, laboratory testing, social mobilization and vector control.