UN bungles response to yellow fever outbreak in Africa
Thursday, August 4, 2016 - 14:01
in Health & Medicine
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) -- As a yellow fever outbreak in central Africa exploded, 1 million vaccines disappeared in Angola. Thousands more vaccinations were delayed when accompanying syringes got waylaid. Ice packs to keep the shots potent went missing. And while the epidemic of the hemorrhagic fever spilled across international borders, a senior outbreak expert at the World Health Organization acknowledged their response had "lagged" for months....