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UNHCR helping to fight yellow fever

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    UNHCR is helping the Guinean health authorities fight a yellow fever epidemic that has already claimed 220 lives in northern and eastern Guinea, the refugee agency said. A total of 641 more persons were infected, UNHCR reported on Friday. It said a vaccination campaign had been planned in several prefectures and that UNHCR had offered 4,000 litres of fuel, as well as two MSF-operated trucks to help with the vaccination campaign. WHO is also involved in the fight against the epidemic.

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