Savannah Region: Death rate from yellow fever still high despite free vaccination
The Ghana Health Service reports that most of the dead are children who live close to the Mole park, where hundreds of monkeys inhabit.
Abena Takyiwaa 
The Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Franklin Asiedu-bekoe have confirmed the outbreak of yellow fever in four districts of the Savannah Region.
According to him, more than 20 people have died since the outbreak regardless of the free vacination in all 260 districts. The Ghana Health Service reports that most of the dead are children who live close to the Mole park, where hundreds of monkeys inhabit.
Dr. Asiedu-Bekoe explained that “the virus is predominant in monkeys. Mosquitoes bite the monkeys, they go and bite humans and it affects them so we are vaccinating up to 60-years and it’s free”.
He added that “Ghana is endemic with yellow fever so we need to vaccinate people. We sent a team to the north. It is true we have vaccinated all the 260 districts.” He named West Gonja, North Gonja, Bole and Wa as the districts worst hit by the epidemic.
