Dear EYE partners and colleagues, We are looking forward to our joint participation at the Annual EYE Partners Meeting on November 23rd, 2020 between 15.30 and 17.30 (Geneva Time). We decided to add an additional day to the event. This will enable us to address aspects such as surveillance; enhancement of our collaboration, and practical considerat...

View this email in your browserDate: 02 October 2020 Progress towards resolving challenges with PPEThe large-scale yellow fever (YF) preventive mass vaccination campaigns (PMVCs) aiming to protect over 60 million people from YF in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ghana and Nigeria were delayed due to challenges to procure and...

Dear EYE partners and colleagues, The next annual EYE partners meeting will be held virtually on Monday 23 November 2020. This is an early notice to kindly save the date in your agenda. We look forward to your participation at the meeting and thank you for your partnership and commitment to the EYE strategy. Kind regards, The EYE Secretariat.  ...

View this email in your browserDate: 31 August 2020 Uganda set to protect 1.6 million people from yellow feverA yellow fever (YF) reactive vaccination campaign, aiming at protecting over 1.6 million people in the Buliisa, Koboko, Maracha, Moyo, Obongi and Yumbe districts was launched on 19 August. The campaign was tr...

Dear EYE partners and colleagues, The next annual EYE partners meeting will be held virtually on 19 November 2020. This is an early notice to kindly save the date in your agenda. We look forward to your participation at the meeting and thank you for your partnership and commitment to the EYE strategy. Kind regards, The EYE Secretariat.

View this email in your browserDate: 28 July 2020 Updates on the 2020 Yellow Fever PMVCs in AfricaThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will implement its Preventive Mass Vaccination Campaigns (PMVCs) aiming at protecting 17.9 million persons in 2 phases scheduled for December 7 and 14, respectively. Active coor...

View this email in your browserDate: 25 June 2020 Yellow Fever Situation in the AmericasIn the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brazil has maintained vaccination against yellow fever (YF) in areas with virus circulation. The media has played a fundamental role in the dissemination of alerts and vaccine recommendations to the population...

View this email in your browserDate: 27 May 2020 Gavi, UNICEF and WHO call for joint effort to deliver immunization and proceed with campaigns safelyTo address the growing impact of COVID-19 on immunization service delivery, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO leadership highlighted the importance of maintaining efforts tosafely deliver routine...

96 EYE Newsletter April 2020 View this email in your browserDate: 30 April 2020 Increased yellow fever epidemic risk in the short and long run due to COVID-19 impactThe impact of COVID-19 on yellow fever (YF) immunization activities increases epidemic risk in the short run, with delayed outbreak responses, and in the long run, with postponed c...

96 EYE Newsletter March 2020 (corrigendum) View this email in your browserDate: 01 April 2020 Recent developments on catch-up campaigns in SudanGavi has provided exceptional approval for Sudan's request to apply for a yellow fever (YF) catch up campaign to reach the children missed due to delays between the preventive mass vacci...

96 EYE Newsletter March 2020 View this email in your browserDate: 31 March 2020 Recent developments on catch-up campaigns in SudanGavi has provided exceptional approval for Sudan's request to mount a yellow fever (YF) catch up campaign to reach the children missed due to delays between the preventive mass vaccination c...

View this email in your browserDate: 27 February 2020 Centre Pasteur du Cameroun nominated as 3rd regional reference laboratory for yellow fever in AfricaSimilar to Institut Pasteur Dakar (IPD) in Senegal and the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), Centre Pasteur Cameroon (CPC) will provide WHO Regional Reference Laboratory (RR...

96 EYE Newsletter January 2020 View this email in your browserDate: 06 February 2020 Yellow fever Preventive Mass Vaccination Campaign completed in Ekiti state, Nigeria.The Government of Nigeria with support from WHO and partners launched a preventive mass vaccination campaign in Ekiti State on 24 January 2020, funded by Gavi, the Vaccine Alli...

96 EYE 2019 Year-End Update & Best Wishes for 2020 View this email in your browserDate: January 2020As we enter 2020, the EYE Secretariat sends its warmest wishes for continued public health engagement and impact at country level. We take this opportunity to review the key EYE achievements from 2019 and to highlight the next steps that ...