Hepatitis E vaccination campaign in South Sudan
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In September 2023, the National
In September 2023, the National Ministry of Health in South Sudan declared a hepatitis E outbreak in Fangak County, Jonglei State.
Since April 2023, over 493 cases have been treated at the MSF hospital in Old Fangak and 21 people – mostly women – have died. MSF has been treating hepatitis E patients at its hospital in Old Fangak since April, where our teams have been running a treatment isolation facility.
We began a vaccination campaign on December 11, aiming to immunize over 12,000 women between the ages of 16-45. The vaccination campaign – the first to be conducted during the acute stages of an active outbreak and in such a remote and isolated part of South Sudan – is intended to prevent further loss of life.
Read more: https://msfsa.me/3udXVZu
Since April 2023, over 493 cases have been treated at the MSF hospital in Old Fangak and 21 people – mostly women – have died. MSF has been treating hepatitis E patients at its hospital in Old Fangak since April, where our teams have been running a treatment isolation facility.
We began a vaccination campaign on December 11, aiming to immunize over 12,000 women between the ages of 16-45. The vaccination campaign – the first to be conducted during the acute stages of an active outbreak and in such a remote and isolated part of South Sudan – is intended to prevent further loss of life.
Read more: https://msfsa.me/3udXVZu
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