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Life-saving yellow fever vaccine approved for introduction into Ethiopia’s routine immunization programme

Life-saving yellow fever vaccine approved for introduction into Ethiopia’s routine immunization programme

Addis Ababa, 2024: Ethiopia has approved the inclusion of yellow…
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The Yellow Fever Sub-National Risk Analysis Finding Conveys the relative risks of regions in Ethiopia: WHO organizes the dissemination workshop

The Yellow Fever Sub-National Risk Analysis Finding Conveys the relative risks of regions in Ethiopia: WHO organizes the dissemination workshop

The Yellow Fever sub-national risk analysis findings dissemination…
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Health minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng launches yellow fever immunisation

Uganda Launches National Yellow Fever Vaccination Campaign  

Lira. Uganda has embarked on a national program to safeguard its…
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Routine Yellow Fever Vaccination for Children taking shape in Uganda

Two hundred kilometers from Uganda’s capital Kampala lies Bukakata…
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Uganda introduces life-saving yellow fever vaccine into routine immunization programme

The Ministry of Health will vaccinate over 1.9 million children…
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Nigeria vaccinates over 45 million people against yellow fever during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Nigeria vaccinates over 45 million people against yellow fever during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

New films show the impact of yellow fever outbreaks in Taraba State,…
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Vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks on the rise in Africa

Vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks on the rise in Africa

Brazzaville – Africa is witnessing a surge in outbreaks of vaccine-…
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Democratic Republic of the Congo to vaccinate over 16 million people against yellow fever

Democratic Republic of the Congo to vaccinate over 16 million people against yellow fever

Brazzaville/Kinshasa, 27 April 2021 – The Democratic Republic of the…
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Ethiopia conducts a reactive yellow fever vaccination campaign to protect communities around an affected district

A yellow fever vaccination campaign targeting 700 000 people in…
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Yellow Fever -WHO supports government to tackle outbreaks in Delta and  Enugu States.

Enugu, 11 November, 2020 - The World Health Organization (WHO) is…
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