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21 hours ago · Uganda’s vaccination initiative is part of a global strategy launched in 2017 by the WHO and partners such as the U.N. children’s agency to eliminate yellow fever by 2026. The goal is to protect almost one billion people in Africa and the Americas. A midterm evaluation of that strategy, whose results were published last year, found that 185 ...
1 day ago · KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda has rolled out a nationwide yellow fever vaccination campaign to help safeguard its population against the mosquito-borne disease that has long posed a threat.
10 hours ago · Rio starts vaccinating against yellow fever after the worst outbreak in decades. ... While there is no treatment for the potentially deadly yellow fever virus, the WHO says the vaccine can give ...
1 day ago · Before this, Ugandans usually paid to get the yellow fever shot at private clinics, for the equivalent of $27. Uganda, with 45 million people, is one of 27 countries on the African continent ...
1 day ago · High Risk for Yellow Fever Uganda, with 45 million people, is one of 27 countries on the African continent classified as at high risk for yellow fever outbreaks.
1 day ago · According to the World Health Organization, there are about 200,000 cases and 30,000 deaths globally each year from the disease. Uganda's most recent outbreak was reported earlier this year in the central districts of Buikwe and Buvuma. Yellow fever is caused by a virus transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes.
1 day ago · Uganda is one of 27 countries on the African continent classified as at high risk for yellow fever outbreaks. Article Topic Follows: AP-National.
