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Yellow fever outbreak in Sudan update, 26 November 2012
A joint Ministry of Health and WHO mission was in Darfur to assess the yellow fever outbreak Highlights As of 25 November 2012, 48% of the target population in West Darfur, 12% in Central Darfur, 19.9% in North Darfur and 6% in South Darfur were vaccinated against yellow fever in a 12-day vaccination campaign. Vaccination campaigns in targeted...
Yellow fever vaccination campaign begins in Darfur, 23 November
People gathered in one of the yellow fever vaccination points in El Geneina, West Darfur23 November 2012 - Thousands gathered in vaccination points in targeted localities in Darfur as Sudan’s Federal Ministry together with its health partners started a 12-day emergency response vaccination campaign. Some 2.2 million population in 12 prioritized...
Yellow fever outbreak in Sudan update, 18 November 2012
Localities affected by yellow fever are highlighted in red.Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health received the initial 800 000 doses of yellow fever vaccine on Friday, 16 November 2012, from the International Coordinating Group on Vaccine (ICG) to conduct an emergency response vaccination campaign in Darfur. The remaining doses from the commitment of...
Sudan intensifies emergency response against yellow fever
Yellow fever patients are being carefully treated in seven isolation wards in affected Darfur states.13 November 2012 – Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are mobilizing 2.4 million doses of yellow fever vaccine provided by the International Coordinating Group on Vaccine (ICG) in order to conduct an...
Yellow fever outbreak in Darfur, 9 November 2012
Most suspected yellow fever patients being treated at the isolation wards of Nyala Teaching Hospital in South Darfur’s capital are from Central Darfur9 November 2012 – The yellow fever outbreak has now affected 20 localities in Central, South, West and North Darfur. As of 8 November 2012, 266 suspected cases have been reported, including 85...
Yellow fever hits Central and South Darfur
2 November 2012 – Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health has notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of a yellow fever outbreak in nine localities in West, Central and South Darfur. Since the last week of September, a total of 103 suspected cases, including 42 deaths, have been reported from the districts of Zalengei, Nertity, Wadisalih, Azoom,...
Blood donation media campaign kicks off
Federal Minister of Health, WHO Representative in Sudan, and National Blood Transfusion Services Manager during a press conference on 22 October 201222 October 2012 – A three month-long mass media campaign carrying the theme “Be a Hero, Donate Blood” kicks off today to call upon the public to become a hero by voluntarily giving blood and save the...
Meningitis A vaccination campaign targets 16.9 million people
Launching of the vaccination campaign against meningitis A on 6 October 2012 in Khartoum10 October 2012 - A massive vaccination campaign against meningococcal A meningitis has been launched targeting 16.9 million children and adults, ranging from 1 to 29 years, in five Darfur states, Blue Nile, Khartoum, Gezira, Sennar and Gedaref from 7 October to 18...
Looking into the progress of EPI and polio in Sudan: review, planning and training
Sudan conducted a mid-year review and replanning exercise for the EPI and polio programme, as well as training on adverse events following immunization23 July 2012 - The Expanded Programme of Immunization (EPI) department of the Federal Ministry of Health, in collaboration with WHO and UNICEF Sudan offices, conducted three back-to-back...
Heads of UN agencies and development partners lead blood donation in Sudan
UN country representatives and development partners donate blood on 12 June at the central blood bank in Khartoum12 June 2012 - Sudan started a week-long celebration of the 2012 World Blood Donor Day campaign with the theme, “Every blood donor is a hero”, focusing on the idea that everyone can become a hero by giving blood. On 12 June, Country...
