Situation Report: Yellow fever outbreak in Angola, 23 May 2016
On 19 May the Emergency Committee (EC) of the (IHR 2005), declared that yellow fever outbreak in Angola and DRC is a serious
public health event, but does not constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)
Since 16 May 2016, 16 districts in 5 provinces are implementing mass vaccination campaigns., namely (Benguela, Cuanza Sul, Huambo, Huila and Uige)
The Angola Ministry of Health prepared a circular letter regulating control of Yellow Fever vaccination at entry and exit from the country and for some domestic travel
New cases of local transmission were documented in Uige, Menongue, while Sumbe, Humpata, Coango and Cacuso districts are under investigation
