Epidemic Invasions: Yellow Fever and the Limits of Cuban Independence, 1878-1930
All Africa (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
THE decision of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to exclude Nigeria from the ongoing mass vaccination campaign to protect people from the yellow fever disease in West Africa, is absurd and bound to be counter-productive.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Liberia Aims To Reach 3M With Yellow Fever Vaccine Liberia's Daily Observer reports on a yellow fever vaccination campaign to begin this week that will aim to inoculate 3 million Liberians.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
The world's first multi-country yellow fever vaccination campaign began on 23 November, with 12 million people targeted across Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The push comes as the killer mosquito-borne disease is resurging in some sub-Saharan African countries and vaccine stocks are running low.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
The largest ever mass immunisation against yellow fever starts in West Africa, targeting 12 million people.
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
HEALTH workers will today start a yellow fever vaccination campaign for nearly 12 million West Africans.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
HEALTH workers will today start a yellow fever vaccination campaign for nearly 12 million West Africans.
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
The World Health Organisation is preparing to launch a yellow fever vaccination campaign for nearly 12 million West Africans.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The WHO on Tuesday announced it would lead a week-long, multi-country vaccination campaign in Africa next week to protect those "deemed at highest risk from yellow fever," Reuters reports. The vaccination drive will target nearly 12 million Africans living in Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone - all countries at high risk of yellow fever outbreaks (Nebehay/MacInnis, 11/17).
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The largest-ever mass vaccination campaign to protect people from yellow fever disease will begin next week across three West African countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The largest-ever yellow fever mass vaccination campaign is set to kick off next week across three African countries -- Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. The week-long event will target 11.9 million people across the three countries, all of which are at high risk of yellow fever outbreaks, the UN agency said in a statement. The campaign, supported...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The largest-ever yellow fever mass vaccination campaign is set to kick off next week across three African countries -- Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. The week-long event will target 11.9 million people across the three countries, all of which are at high risk of yellow fever outbreaks, the UN agency said in a statement. The campaign, supported...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The World Health Organization is set to launch the largest-ever vaccination campaign against yellow fever in three African countries.Next week, WHO, UNICEF, national Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Médecins sans Frontières and other partners will be taking part in a mass vaccination campaign in an effort to help 11.9 million people in Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone, where the highest...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
New York - Close to 12 million people in Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone will be vaccinated against yellow fever in the largest health campaign in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday. High vaccination coverage will prevent outbr...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The largest-ever mass vaccination campaign protecting populations from the dangerously infectious yellow fever disease will begin next week across three West African countries, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) announced today.
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Nearly 12 million Africans deemed at highest risk from yellow fever will be vaccinated against the virus, the World Health Organisation has said.
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