Source: Government of Sudan, World Health Organization
Country: Sudan (the)
Highlights
After the second day of a 12 day vaccination campaign, 13% of the targeted population in Geneina, Kerinik, Habila and Beidha in West Darfur localities were vaccinated against yellow fever.
As of 21 November, the total number of reported cases has reached 537, including 127 deaths (case fatality rate of 23.6%). The outbreak has now affected 30 localities in Central, South, West, North, and East Darfur.
The US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 (NAMRU-3) based in Cairo, Egypt has deployed a team to Sudan to support laboratory analysis of collected samples as well as conduct on-job training sessions at the National Public Health Laboratory starting on Saturday 24 November 2012.
