Efforts to contain the resurgence of yellow fever in 12 West African states have been boosted
by a US $58 million grant from the GAVI Alliance to support special immunization campaigns …

Geneva-The effort o contain deadly yellow fever disease received a boost today with the
launch of a" Yellow Fever Initiative'backed by a $58 million contribution from the GAVI …

Since the 1980s, yellow fever has reemerged across Africa and in South America. The total
of 18 735 yellow fever cases and 4522 deaths reported from 1987 to 1991 represents the …

In the last two decades, yellow fever re-emerged with vehemence to constitute a major
public health problem in Africa. The disease has brought untold hardship and indescribable …

Yellow fever (YF) is an acute, haemorrhagic, viral disease transmitted to humans by infected
mosquitoes. Aedes aegypti is the vector of YF virus in the urban human-tohuman cycle of …

Significance A rapid and effective vaccination campaign is vital to halting the proliferation of
yellow fever in central Africa. Health authorities are particularly concerned about stopping …

It examines the reasons for the dramatic re-surgence of outbreaks within the past 10-15
years period, reviews the strategies for the prevention and control of yellow fever in Africa …

The yellow fever outbreak in Africa this year came closer to being a disaster than is widely
recognized, public health experts recently disclosed. The epidemic also revealed glaring …

Checks for yellow fever at Lanseria and OR Tambo international airports, halted due to a
labour dispute, will soon be reintroduced, the Gauteng health department said last month …

In French speaking West Africa, yellow fever vaccine became compulsory in 1941 for the
entire African and European population. From 1941 to 1960, 146 million doses were …