May 2021: Sudan continues OCV and YF campaign

Sudan is continuing its nationwide integrated cholera (OCV) and yellow fever (YF) vaccination campaign (with yellow fever vaccines targeted at people age 10-60). In May, the campaign administered 33,233 YF and 36,497 OCV vaccines to Ethiopian refugees from Village 8, Um-Rakoba, and Tunaytba refugee camps in South Sudan’s Gedaref state, while 18,368 YF and 18,368 OCV vaccines reached the surrounding host communities. In addition, Hamdait camp in Kassala state distributed 3,834 YF and 4,231 OCV vaccines. UNICEF