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UN To eliminate yellow fever epidemics in Africa by 2026

By Abdallah el-Kurebe
April 12, 2018
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In an ambitious United Nations (UN) campaign to eliminate epidemics of the deadly disease on the African continent, nearly one billion people would be vaccinated against yellow fever by 2026.

The mosquito-borne viral disease is a major killer in the continent, where it could spread fast in highly populated areas with devastating consequences.

Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said this at the programme’s launch in Nigeria, which is a priority-target country.

“With one injection we can protect a person for life against this dangerous-pathogen. This unprecedented commitment by countries will ensure that by 2026 Africa is free of yellow fever epidemics,” he said.

A yellow fever outbreak is active in Africa, with hundreds of suspected cases reported after a 7-year-old girl developed fever, vomiting and abdominal pain in August, the WHO said.

Children make up almost half of those targeted.

The chief of health at the United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF), Stefan Peterson said in a statement that, “Today, the threat of yellow fever looms larger than ever before, especially for thousands of children across Africa.”

A major vaccination campaign in Angola and Congo in 2016 brought one of the worst outbreaks of the disease in decades under control after more than 400 people died.

UNICEF’s chief of immunisation, Robin Nandy said that one reason the disease is spreading is because more people are moving from rural to urban areas, particularly to slums.

“These areas tend to have high numbers of people living in close proximity with poor hygiene and sanitation – all the conditions that make it ripe for a disease outbreak,” he said addig that the virus also poses a serious risk in Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The vaccination programme is a joint venture by the WHO, UNICEF, the GAVI Global Vaccine Alliance and more than 50 health partners.

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