Yellow fever kills one among nine cases in Cameroon
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on StopBlaBlaCam
Cameroon recorded nine confirmed cases of yellow fever, including one death, between 1 January and 12 October 2026, according to the World Health Organisation. Vaccination campaigns reached 404,935 people between February and July in districts with epidemic potential, according to the WHO.
Cameroon recorded nine confirmed cases of yellow fever, including one death, between 1 January and 12 October 2026, according to a bulletin published on 6 November by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Across the nine African countries covered by the report, the WHO recorded 67 confirmed cases and 18 deaths, including 30 cases and 10 deaths in Ivory Coast and 15 cases and three deaths in Burkina Faso.
In Cameroon, 404,935 people were reached by local vaccination and response campaigns conducted between February and July 2026 in districts with epidemic potential, the WHO said in its Weekly Epidemiological Record of 2 October. Routine yellow fever vaccination coverage among children under one year of age was estimated at 75% in 2025, according to WHO and Unicef estimates.
The WHO classifies the health risk from yellow fever as moderate in the African region and low globally in its 27 October 2026 assessment. It recommends no travel or trade restrictions related to this health event.
The Cameroonian figures form part of a series of regional data published on 6 November, when the WHO recorded 67 cases and 18 deaths in nine African countries. The tally of 67 cases and 18 deaths in nine African countries is the previous regional figure cited in coverage of the issue.
