I. Key Highlights
WHO and its partners published the Strategic Response Framework to guide the international response to yellow fever outbreak in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo
A ten days Process Review mission of the yellow fever response has been proposed to start its activities in Angola on July 4th. TORs were agreed with partners and presented to the Health Minister by the WHO Representative and the incident manager.
The ICG supports pre-emptive vaccination based on risk of spread of the outbreak, in addition of presence of local transmission
ICG committed 2.3 M additional doses of YF vaccine for Angola, expected in country this week
IMS partners met to agree on a plan to increase their presence at the province level. MoH compiled a list of Angolan experts to join the multiagency province teams. Province deployments will start immediately
A plan for pre-emptive vaccination in high-risk districts and borders is being finalized with the MoH-Angola, based on recommendations from WHO HQ, AFRO, Country Office, IMS and UNICEF and their scientific partners (Imperial College of London, Kemri, Oxford University)
Border health, vector control and case management intervention pillars are reviewing their strategies and developing guidance
II. Epidemiological Situation as of 17 June 2016
Week 24 statistics (11 June to 17 June):
156 cases and samples were reported this week of which 1 cases was confirmed as yellow fever by the laboratory
2 deaths were reported among no confirmed cases
Cases were reported from 39 districts in 14 provinces.
2 districts reported suspect cases for the first time (Camulemba & Bibala)
No new local transmission was documented this week, (Table 3.1 & 3.2)
Cumulative statistics since 05 December:
A total of 3,294 suspected cases were reported of which 861 were laboratory confirmed cases. Overall, 347 deaths (CFR 10.5%) are reported among all suspected cases being 115 deaths (CFR 13.4%) among the confirmed cases.
Laboratory confirmed cases were reported for 18 out of 18 provinces and 79 out of 123 reporting districts (Table 2). Luanda province reported the majority of the confirmed cases 489 (56.8%), followed by Huambo 127 (17.7%) and Benguela 111 (12.9%), (Table.2 & Figure.2—4)
Local transmission has been documented in 43 districts in 11 provinces (Table 3.1 & 3.2)
The majority of the confirmed cases are in males 15-19 yrs; (170 or 16.5%), followed by 20-24 years (105 or 9.0%); (Figure 6).