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PRO/AH/EDR> Yellow fever – Americas (07): Brazil vaccination PAHO/WHO

Yellow Fever -- BrazilAccording to Brazil's Ministry of Health, between 1 Jul 2017 and 23 Jan 2018, 130 cases of yellow fever were confirmed in the country, of which 53 resulted in death.During the same period one year earlier, 381 confirmed cases and 127 deaths were reported. Yellow fever follows a seasonal pattern in Brazil, occurring mainly during the summer months.Since 2017, Brazil's Ministry of Health has provided some 57.4 million doses of yellow fever vaccine to the states.Routine Read more [...]