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"Following devastating outbreaks in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the
Congo in 2016 that saw exportation of cases to China, the EYE Strategy – a
global coalition of over 50 partners in 40 countries – was launched to
accelerate efforts to prevent outbreaks, protect at-risk populations, and save
lives across the continent.
The global strategy addresses several challenges including yellow fever’s
changing epidemiology; the worldwide resurgence of the primary vector
responsible for urban yellow fever outbreaks (aedes aegypti mosquito), and the
increasing risk of international spread.
An independent mid-term evaluation of the EYE Strategy (covering 2017 to 2021),
was undertaken by the Euro Health Group – with guidance from WHO, UNICEF, and
Gavi evaluation offices – as an opportunity to take stock of the Strategy’s
progress to date and to determine how best to move closer to protecting almost
1 billion people in Africa and in the Americas from yellow fever by 2026.
Since 2017, according to EYE Strategy data, 226 million more people in Africa
have been protected from yellow fever via a single-dose vaccine that provides
lifelong protection. Under the previous yellow fever initiative, 108 million
people were protected in an 8-year period. The EYE Strategy’s global coalition
has contributed to the acceleration of vaccination during this period.
“The EYE Strategy has worked closely with Member States and communities through
integrated programmes to rapidly respond to outbreaks of yellow fever. This has
been done through enhancing vaccine coverage, surveillance, and diagnostics to
curb the deadly impact of this disease in Africa and the Americas,” says Dr
Mike Ryan, Executive Director of WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme. “We have
seen a resurgence of outbreaks of this disease in previously immunized areas,
with risk in urban centres, which tells us the threat is far from over.
Evidence shows that we are on the path to eliminating yellow fever epidemics,
but our work is not yet done.”"
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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