Situation Report: Yellow fever outbreak in Angola, 20 June 2016
WHO and its partners published the Strategic Response Framework to guide the international response to yellow fever outbreak in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo
A ten days Process Review mission of the yellow fever response has been proposed to start its activities in Angola on July 4th. TORs were agreed with partners and presented to the Health Minister by the WHO Representative and the incident manager.
The ICG supports pre-emptive vaccination based on risk of spread of the outbreak, in addition of presence of local transmission
ICG committed 2.3 M additional doses of YF vaccine for Angola, expected in country this week
IMS partners met to agree on a plan to increase their presence at the province level. MoH compiled a list of Angolan experts to join the multi- agency province teams. Province deployments will start immediately
A plan for pre-emptive vaccination in high-risk districts and borders is being finalized with the MoH-Angola, based on recommendations from WHO HQ, AFRO, Country Office, IMS and UNICEF and their scientific partners (Imperial College of London, Kemri, Oxford University)
Border health, vector control and case management intervention pillars are reviewing their strategies and developing guidance
