Description of the situation
11 March 1997
Disease Outbreak Reported
During 1997 outbreaks of yellow fever caused 30 cases and 21 deaths which occurred in endemic zones of three provinces of Cochabamba Department and one province of La Paz Department. All the cases occurred in rural areas. At the end of the year a further outbreak occurred and continued into January and February in Cochabamba Department (12 cases, 10 deaths), Beni Department (4 cases, 2 deaths) and Santa Cruz Department (1 case under study). Support for a vaccination campaign was requested and donations of vaccine totalling 180 000 doses were received from Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela.