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20 October 2005
As of October 11, the Senegalese
Ministry of Health (MOH), has reported two
fatal laboratory confirmed cases in the
district of Goudiri: a 20 year old man and
a 10 year old girl died on 25 Sep 2005 and
30 Sep 2005, respectively. Results of the
epidemiological investigation are pending.The
MOH with WHO and UNICEF support has organized
a mass vaccination campaign in Goudiri and
the neighbouring district of Kidira targeting
a population of 150,000 persons, to control
the transmission of disease in this region.The
vaccine utilized in this immunization campaign,
which started on 4 October 2005, form part
of a stockpile of 3,000,000 doses of yellow
fever vaccine awarded by the Global Alliance
for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) to
Senegal in 2004 to undertake preventive
routine vaccination.
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