Category: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Yellow Fever Vaccination Response

In December 2015, a yellow fever outbreak started in Angola and quickly spread within the country and to its neighbor, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Laboratory testing confirmed 962 cases, but there were thousands of suspected cases, making this the largest reported outbreak in 30 years. A critical aspect to yellow fever outbreak response Read More >

March 20, 2017 by Kimberley Fox, MD, MPH, Immunizations Systems Branch Chief, Global Immunization Division1 Comment

Archive, infectious disease, mosquito-borne disease, yellow fever

Africa, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, infectious disease, mosquito-borne diseases, yellow fever

Voices from the Central African Republic: FELTP residents remain committed to strengthening disease surveillance and outbreak response in CAR

CAR refugees forced from their homes by rebels

The Central African Republic (CAR) is a landlocked country in Central Africa, bordered by Chad in the north, Sudan in the northeast, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south and Cameroon in the west. CAR is one of the world’s least developed Read More >

June 5, 2014 by Dr. Els Mathieu, Resident Advisor, CAR- FELTP1 Comment

Archive, child health, immunization, infectious disease, refugee health

Africa, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, disease surveillance, FELTP, FETP, measles, polio, Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Sudan, vaccine-preventable diseases, yellow fever