WEST AFRICA: IRIN-WA Weekly Roundup 48

GUINEA: The fight against yellow fever continues

Guinea's health authorities, supported by the World Health Organisation
(WHO) and international NGOs, continue to fight a yellow fever epidemic that
has
been raging in the West African nation since September.

WHO officials in Guinea said there were 190 cases and 88 deaths between 4
September and 19 November. WHO contributed some 137,000 doses of the yellow
fever vaccine to the country, Professor Brahima Koumare of the WHO
epidemiological service in Abidjan, told IRIN.

The UN agency also deployed an epidemiologist from WHO-Conakry and a
consultant contracted by its Harare-based Africa regional office to
reinforce the Guinean national team fighting the epidemic, Koumare
said.