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This is one of the largest emergency vaccinations conducted in Africa to stop an outbreak of yellow fever. More than 710,000 people were vaccinated in 11 days! Thank you for your support.
Learn more about response to stopping the progression of the outbreak.
The Plan: Support a massive Yellow Fever vaccination campaign of 10.5 million people over the next ten days.
We’re mobilizing 100 teams of 16 people each in three health zones of Kinshasa, DRC’s capital city. Our teams will vaccinate 760,000 people, or roughly 10 percent of the target number in the city.
Yellow fever cannot be cured and the only treatment is limited to alleviating symptoms.
It kills from 15 to 50 percent of those who develop the severe form of the disease. Vaccination is the best prevention against the disease.
A vaccination campaign on this scale comes with numerous logistical challenges, such as managing the movements of 65 vehicles in densely populated neighborhoods and ensuring that the cold chain remains effective in keeping the vaccines at the proper temperature. Every day, the teams will need 4,000 ice packs and coolers in different locations.
When an outbreak of Yellow Fever struck Angola, MSF moved quickly to vaccinate the population in neighboring DRC to prevent the spread of the virus. Deploying dozens of teams composed of 900 staff to effectively administer vaccinations to over 370,000 locals within 10 days. Watch our video above to find out how we accomplished it.