The Ministry of Health of Chad is launching an emergency mass-vaccination campaign against yellow fever from 22 February 2013, following laboratory confirmation of two cases in the country in December 2012. The two cases from Goz Beida and Guereda districts, were laboratory confirmation by a WHO regional reference laboratory for yellow fever, Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal.\u00a0 They were identified through the national surveillance programme for yellow fever, following intensive surveillance which was triggered in response to the outbreak of yellow fever in neighbouring Sudan\u2019s Darfur region.\u00a0 The intensive surveillance in Chad also reported 139 suspected cases and 9 deaths.<\/p>\n
The vaccination campaign will be conducted in 3 districts bordering Darfur, Sudan, namely Goz Beida, Guereda and Adr\u00e9, targeting over a million people, including inhabitants of refugee camps in the area.\u00a0 The campaign is supported by the Chad\u2019s Ministry of Health, the International Coordinating Group on Yellow Fever Vaccine Provision (YF-ICG11<\/strong><\/sup>), and GAVI Alliance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Ministry of Health of Chad is launching an emergency mass-vaccination campaign against yellow fever from 22 February 2013, following laboratory confirmation of two cases in the country in December 2012. The two cases from Goz Beida and Guereda districts, were laboratory confirmation by a WHO regional reference laboratory for yellow fever, Institut Pasteur in … Continue reading Mass-vaccination campaign against yellow fever in Chad<\/span>