WEST AFRICA: IRIN-WA Update 894

GUINEA: UNHCR helping to fight yellow fever

UNHCR is helping the Guinean health authorities fight a yellow fever
epidemic that has already claimed 220 lives in northern and eastern Guinea,
the refugee agency said. A total of 641 more persons were infected, UNHCR
reported on Friday. It said a vaccination campaign had been planned in
several prefectures and that UNHCR had offered 4,000 litres of fuel, as well
as two MSF-operated trucks to help with the vaccination campaign. WHO is
also involved in the fight against the epidemic.