Congo: Over 7 million vaccinated against Yellow Fever in two weeks

The biggest ever yellow fever emergency vaccination campaign in Africa is drawing to a close.

Africa's biggest emergency yellow fever vaccination campaign ever holds in Democratic Republic of the Congo

The biggest emergency yellow fever vaccination campaign ever held in Africa is underway in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Alert: Fresh cases of Yellow Fever in Nigeria

The Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) has alerted on fresh threat of Yellow fever in Nigeria.

How one million doses of yellow fever vaccines vanished in Africa - Associated Press investigation

During a yellow fever outbreak in central Africa,  1 million vaccines disappeared in Angola.

The perils of 'Yellow Fever'

Dr Mailafia

When I first saw the headline, I thought it was Yellow fever, caused by mosquitoes. Yellow fever in this case has to do with the bleaching of the skin in this article by an analyst, Obadiah Mailafia.

Is Yellow Fever the next global health emergency?

A major outbreak of yellow fever in Angola, as well as two smaller flare-ups in Congo and Uganda, are now practically under control. But the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries to be vigilant in the event the disease erupts elsewhere as a global epidemic.

Looks like the world is running out of vaccines for the deadly yellow fever disease

The Angolan military administers yellow fever vaccines at a market in Luanda, the capital city.

 

The world is in danger of running out of vaccines for a deadly disease: yellow fever. A major outbreak in the African nation of Angola has already depleted the stockpile that world health officials had set aside for emergencies. It's unclear whether new vaccines can be made in time — even as officials worry that the epidemic could spread through Asia and beyond.