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Yellow Fever — DR Congo
[The DR] Congo on Wednesday [20 Jul 2016] launched a massive vaccination campaign against a yellow fever epidemic which has killed no fewer than 85 people, health officials said.
The authorities have reported 1866 confirmed or suspected cases, including 85 deaths, since Jan [2016] in the provinces of the capital Kinshasa, Kongo Central and Kwango.
Eugene Kabambi from the World Health Organization has said the aim is to vaccinate about 12 million people in the 3 provinces located near