Yellow Fever

WHO Launches Urgent Appeal For $2.9 Million To Cover Abidjan Epidemic

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, October 14th, 2001

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched an urgent appeal for U.S. $2.9 million to cover the cost of a mass immunization campaign in response to a potentially disastrous outbreak of yellow fever in Abidjan, the commercial capital of Cote d'Ivoire.

Cases of yellow fever have been confirmed in 5 of the 10 communes in Abidjan; suspected cases have also been reported elsewhere. In all, 20 suspected cases had been reported in Abidjan at press time, including 4 deaths; 6 of the cases had been confirmed and several others were under investigation.

Surveillance data were by no means comprehensive and all indications were that the real situation...

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