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YELLOW FEVER - COTE D'IVOIRE: (DENGUELE)
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Date: Mon 16 Nov 2009
Source: AllAfrica, UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)
report [edited]
http://allafrica.com/stories/200911162030.html

Health officials have confirmed 3 cases of yellow fever [YF] in Cote
d'Ivoire's northwest Denguele region. "We have 10 suspected cases,
with 3 confirmed," Simeon N'da, Health Ministry head of
communications, told IRIN on 16 Nov [2009]. Health workers vaccinated
people in and around affected villages at the weekend [14-15 Nov
2009], according to N'da. He did not specify how many people were
vaccinated and in what localities.

N'da said there had been no deaths from the mosquito-borne viral
infection. Local taxi drivers told IRIN they transported the bodies
of 4 teenagers from the village of Tron Touba to the region's main
city Odienne in a period of a few days the week of 9 Nov [2009].
Villagers said they had died of an unknown illness. Local health
officials in Odienne would not comment.

Some 30 000 people worldwide die of yellow fever each year, of about
200 000 cases, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). No
cure exists and 50 percent of infected people who cannot access
treatment will die, according to WHO, which says vaccination is "the
single most important preventive measure".

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[Yellow fever is the only disease for which all international
travellers from yellow fever endemic countries such as Cote d'Ivoire
are required to be vaccinated under the International Health
Regulations (2005) (http://www.who.int/ihr/en/). Countries are
therefore required to conduct surveillance for the disease at all
levels including designated points of entry, notify cases to the WHO,
and conduct vaccination in all endemic regions.

Denguele region is located in North Western Cote d'Ivoire and can be
seen on the HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map at
http://healthmap.org/r/00-v. - Mod.JFW]

[see also:
Yellow fever - Cameroon: (SW) 20091002.202851

[For background information on yellow fever, available from the
general ProMED-mail list, the postings below can be found at
http://www.promedmail.org. - Mod.JFW]

Yellow fever - Africa (02): Cameroon 20091002.3424
Yellow fever - Africa (02): Congo Rep, Liberia, WHO 20090507.1712
Yellow fever - Africa: Guinea 20090115.0166
2008
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Yellow fever - Africa (13): Sierra Leone (Southern Province) 20081222.4029
Yellow fever - Africa (12): Burkina Faso (YT) 20081104.3461
Yellow fever - Africa (11): Central African Republic, conf. 20081030.3423
Yellow fever - Africa (10): Central African Republic, RFI 20081010.3214
Yellow fever - Africa (09): Ghana: RFI 20081002.3114
Yellow fever - Africa (08): Cote d'Ivoire, controlled 20081001.3101
Yellow fever - Africa (07): Guinea (N'zerekore) 20080929.3079
Yellow fever - Africa (06): Cote d'Ivoire (Abidjan) 20080814.2532
Yellow fever - Africa (05): Cote d'Ivoire (Abidjan), WHO 20080809.2449
Yellow fever - Africa (04): Congo DR, susp., RFI 20080607.1815
Yellow fever - Africa (03): Central African Republic 20080521.1681
Yellow fever - Africa (02): Liberia 20080428.1461
Yellow fever - Africa: Liberia 20080405.1246]
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