(MENAFN) South Sudan's health ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) have launched an immediate yellow fever vaccination campaign in Sakure, Nzara County of Gbudue State to vaccinate 19,578 individuals aged nine months to 65 years.
The vaccination campaign comes after the declaration of a yellow fever epidemic on Nov. 29, where a total of three laboratories confirmed cases with no deaths having been reported after investigations were carried out in Sakure.
According to the WHO representative for South Sudan, the reactive yellow fever vaccination is part of the global strategy to Eliminate Yellow Fever Epidemics (EYE) by 2026.
He said: "It serves to protect high-risk populations against the YF virus in the immediate term and will serve as a bridge towards the introduction of yellow fever vaccine into the routine immunization system in the long term."
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