Via Rede Angola, an April 6 report: Febre-amarela já matou 225 pessoas.[Yellow fever has now killed 225 persons] Edited excerpt from the Google translation:
The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday asked yellow-fever vaccine manufacturers against to accelerate production to enable Angola to acquire 18 million doses needed to fight the disease, which has caused 225 deaths.
The information was advanced yesterday by the director-general of WHO, Margaret Chan, at a news conference after a two-day visit to Angloa to ascertain the yellow-fever and malaria outbreak that the country is experiencing.
According to the official, all six million United Nations Development Fund vaccine doses for UNICEF and Doctors Without Borders were sent to Angola.
"We have embarked upon some contacts with vaccine manufacturers and they all agreed to speed up the vaccine production process," said Margaret Chan, who was received today in an audience by President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has pledged to vaccinate the entire population.
"I feel encouraged because the president of Angola is committed to vaccinate all Angolans and we must make sure that these vaccines reach the country," she said.
