Vaccine drive set as yellow fever strikes in Guinea

by Ted Purlain on January 12, 2010

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Yellow Fever

DAKAR, Senegal — Guinean health officials plan this month to vaccinate more than 250,000 people in the northeast against yellow fever after one confirmed and several suspected cases emerged in the region.

Yellow fever vaccination campaign targeting 12 million people to start

by Paul Tinder on November 19, 2009

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Yellow Fever

GENEVA and NEW YORK — The largest-ever yellow fever mass vaccination campaign is set to kick off next week across three African countries, the World Health Organization announced Nov. 17.