Angola: Govt Gets U.S $ 300,000 From African Fund for Emergencies
[ANGOP] Luanda -Angola has received USD 300,000 from the African Fund for Public Health Emergency to support the first phase of the vaccination campaign against yellow fever, which took place in Luanda. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 7, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa: Never Mind Zika and Ebola - It's Yellow Fever We Should Be Worried About
[Daily Maverick] There is no medical reason why anyone should contract Yellow Fever today. But although an effective vaccine exists, a deadly new outbreak in Angola - 178 people have died, and counting - shows that not enough people are getting it in time. If we're not careful, and if we don't act quickly, this could be the beginning of a public health emergency on a par with Ebola or the Zika virus. By SIMON ALLISON. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 6, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Angola: Angola Gets Three Million Doses of Yellow Fever Vaccine
[ANGOP] Luanda -The Angolan government commissioned the World Health Organization (WHO) vaccines against yellow fever, and three million doses of this are already in the country, announced, Tuesday, in Luanda, the minister of Health, Luis Gomes Sambo. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 6, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Global Health: Yellow Fever Outbreak in Angola Strains Health Organizations
A crisis threatens other countries, including China, and exposes how poorly prepared the world is to fight two mosquito-borne epidemics at once. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - April 4, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Tags: Yellow Fever Zika Virus Angola Brazil Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccination and Immunization Mosquitoes World Health Organization Chan, Margaret Africa China Source Type: news
