Press Release: European Commission earmarks EUR2 million to tackle yellow fever outbreak in Sudan

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Series Details IP/05/1452 (22.11.05)
Publication Date 22/11/2005
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The European Commission on 22 November 2005 drew up an emergency humanitarian aid decision for €2 million to help deal with a serious outbreak of yellow fever in the South Kordofan region of Sudan. This region is a ‘crossroads’ with many population movements. If left unchecked, it was estimated that the epidemic could quickly extend to other parts of Sudan.

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European Commission: ECHO: ECHO at work: Sudan http://ec.europa.eu/comm/echo/field/sudan/index_en.htm

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