With a 95% vaccination coverage for yellow fever in Guyana annually, the need for capturing the other 5% has been stressed.
The Department of Public Information (DPI) said that the PAHO/WHO office in Guyana is hosting a hands-on training on epizootic and vector integrated surveillance for yellow fever.
PAHO/WHO Country Representative to Guyana, Dr. William Adu-Krow was reported as saying that intense surveillance is paramount to ensuring the Guyanese population is safeguarded from the disease. “Even if we have a 95% coverage for yellow fever that means for every birth cohort in four years, we have about 20% without effective vaccination”, he told the training programme.
