Category: yellow fever
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 >
Posted on by 1 CommentVoices from the Central African Republic: FELTP residents remain committed to strengthening disease surveillance and outbreak response in CAR
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 >
Posted on by 1 CommentStrengthening Global Health Security Protects Americans
This blog was originally posted on CNN.com on February 13, 2014. The world is smaller and people are more mobile than at any time in history. This makes it easier than ever for what’s happening anywhere on the globe to harm Americans’ health. Here are five ways diseases in other countries pose a Read More >
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