The WHO African Region recently confirmed that the threat of yellow fever outbreaks continues to affect African countries, with twenty-seven countries now classified as high-risk by the Eliminate Yellow fever Epidemics (EYE) global strategy.
The WHO's EYE strategy aims to enable every person in yellow fever at-risk countries to be protected against the disease.
Currently, the WHO assesses the risk of an outbreak at the regional level to be high.
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