Fourth meeting of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Group on Yellow Fever Risk Mapping (GRYF)

Overview

The fourth teleconference of the World Health Organization (WHO) Scientific and Technical Advisory Group on Yellow Fever Risk Mapping (GRYF) was held on 27 January 2017. The teleconference was opened by the Chair, Professor Lucille Blumberg, at 2:30 pm Central European Time. The Chair welcomed participants to the teleconference which had been called because of the increasing number of suspected and confirmed yellow fever cases in certain areas of Brazil. She emphasized the need to review the available evidence, revise current risk mapping and make recommendations. The situation was changing rapidly so the GRYF teleconference was precautionary. The agenda of the meeting is contained in Annex 1 and the list of participants can be found in Annex 2.