EYE Highlights of 2019 GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT & COORDINATION • Largest ever annual meeting in Brasilia, Brazil brought together a wide range of countries, regions and partners to engage on Yellow Fever (YF) control strategies • Launch of Vaccine Delivery Working Group, to support YF vaccination activities • Improved supply of Yellow Fever vaccine supporting vaccination campaigns
RISK ANALYSIS & SURVEILLANCE • Pilot risk prioritization matrix developed for risk analysis • EYE Dashboard created to track country implementation • Yellow Fever Surveillance Standards revision
LABORATORY DIAGNOSTICS • Nomination of third regional reference laboratory in African Region (Centre Pasteur Cameroon) • Target product profiles published for improved molecular, serologic & rapid tests • International sample transportation to support rapid outbreak confirmation
VACCINATION CAMPAIGNS • >4.3 million protected through Reactive Vaccination Campaigns (Nigeria & South Sudan) • 27 million protected through Preventive Mass Vaccination Campaigns (PMVCs) in Nigeria and Sudan • Sudan completed final phase of PMVCs, ensuring nation-wide protection
ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION (RI) • 16.5 Million children protected in Africa (estimated) • 11 Million people protected in the Americas (estimated) • Sudan approved to introduce yellow fever vaccination in RI supported by Gavi
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