160 Million People At Risk of Yellow Fever in Nigeria - Official PremiumTimesng: Nigeria
The World Health Organisation has said not less than 160 million of Nigeria's estimated 206 million population are currently at risk of Yellow Fever.
WHO Africa region made the revelation in a recent publication on its official website, noting that the estimated vaccination figure was given by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control at the time of filming two documentaries under its Eliminate Yellow Fever Epidemics Strategy. In her comments, WHO's Medical Officer in Nigeria, Anne Jean-Baptiste, said"yellow fever is dangerous because a small percentage of patients will go through a more toxic phase of the disease."
The global health body attributed the resurgence of yellow fever in 2017, after 15 years, to gaps in the detection of the disease and its transmission.
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