The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of Yellow Fever, a viral hemorrhagic disease in South Sudan.
Early this year, the first two cases of the outbreak were recorded in Kajo-Keji, a town bordering Uganda.
According to the WHO, chances of transmission and continuity of the disease should be an issue of concern in the country especially because of the return of displaced persons from Uganda.
The arrival of the raining season which allows a breeding ground for mosquitoes that spread the disease and also weak health services in the country is a thing of concern.
According to WHO, the estimated immunity of the overall population is insignificant. In Kajo-keji, the town where it first broke out this year, there is zero percent immunity. The South Sudan government in conjunction with WHO put plans in place to start a reactive vaccination campaign for Yellow fever in the places where it affected the most.
This will drop the chances of spread and increase awareness of the disease. Also, a mass vaccination campaign for 2022 was proposed by the government. South Sudan recorded the Yellow fever outbreak in the past years, but the worst the country ever recorded was in 2013.
There were 178 confirmed cases and 27 people lost to the disease. South Sudan is located in Northeastern
Africa with a population of about 11,062,113 people.
