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Published Date: 2016-02-10 18:03:49
Subject: PRO/EDR> Yellow fever - Africa (10): Angola (HM)
Archive Number: 20160210.4010453
YELLOW FEVER - AFRICA (10): ANGOLA (HUAMBO)
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Date: Wed 10 Feb 2016
Source: Angop [in Spanish, trans. Mod.TY, edited]
http://www.portalangop.co.ao/angola/es_es/noticias/saude/2016/1/6/Huambo-Aumentan-casos-sospechosos-fiebre-amarilla,6946df47-a428-4d25-a8cd-3d0f69d21853.html
Huambo province has registered 7 probable and 6 suspected yellow fever [YF] cases, and the deaths of 3 people from the disease have been confirmed.
In statements to Angop, the head of the Public Health Department, Almeida Chitungo, said that 2 deaths occurred in the Central Hospital and one in the Bailundo municipality, the victims being from Luanda, where the 1st cases of the disease were registered. He explained that in addition to these [cases], the health authorities now have sent 11 samples to the laboratory in Luanda, the results for which are not yet known.
He stated that a control position for this disease has been created in the Huambo airport, where people who show any symptoms will be sent directly to the hospital, and it is expected that in the coming days, another [health] post will be created in the Londuimbali municipality.
In Huambo, the 1st suspected case of yellow fever was diagnosed on 17 Jan 2016.
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[Although it has been announced that a campaign to control YF has been launched in the Luanda area, beginning with the Viana municipality, no mention is made about similar campaigns being initiated or planned in other provinces that have had YF cases, including Huambo. In the absence of a vaccination campaign and vector control efforts, additional cases can be expected.
Maps of Angola can be accessed at http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/angola.pdf and http://healthmap.org/promed/p/165; of Viana in relation to Luanda at http://becoangola.com/imagens/viana.gif; and a map showing the provinces of Angola at http://www.mapsofworld.com/angola/angola-political-map.html. - Mod.TY
A HealthMap/ProMED-mail map can be accessed at: http://healthmap.org/promed/p/165.]
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Yellow fever - Africa (02): Angola (LU) RFI 20160122.3958601
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Yellow fever - Angola (Uige, Huila)(03): susp. 20061227.3625
Yellow fever - Angola (Uige, Huila)(02): susp. 20061224.3597
Yellow fever - Angola (Uige, Huila), susp. 20061221.3580
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