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Uganda: Marburg haemorrhagic fever breaks out in Uganda

Source: UN RadioCountry: UgandaListenThere has been an outbreak of the deadly Marburg haemorrhagic fever which has killed five people in south-Western Uganda.The World Health Organization (WHO) and the...

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Uganda: WHO sends experts to help Uganda stop the spread of Marburg...

Source: UN RadioCountry: UgandaListen/DownloadConcerted efforts are underway in Uganda to control the outbreak of the Marburg Haemorrhagic fever.The first case of the deadly viral case was reported on...

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Uganda: Marburg haemorrhagic fever in Uganda

Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: UgandaThe Ministry of Health in Uganda has declared an outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever in Kitumba sub-county, Kabale district in South-western...

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Uganda: Marburg haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - update

Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Uganda22 October 2012 - As of 21 October 2012, nine (9) probable and confirmed cases, including 5 deaths have been reported with Marburg haemorrhagic fever in...

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Uganda: A brief history of haemorrhagic fever

Source: IRINCountry: UgandaNAIROBI, 23 October 2012 (IRIN) - Uganda's Ministry of Health is calling for calm as it tries to trace members of the public who may have had contact with people who have...

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Uganda: Uganda Faces Fresh Outbreak of Hemorrhagic Fever

Source: Voice of AmericaCountry: UgandaHilary HeulerKAMPALA — Uganda is struggling to contain the spread of the deadly Marburg virus, just weeks after an outbreak of Ebola killed at least 16...

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Uganda: Marburg Virus claims another victim; death toll at 6

Source: New VisionCountry: UgandaBy Vision ReportersOne of the two people, who were admitted on Monday with signs of the deadly marburg fever, has died.Edward Turyamureba, a 38-year-old resident of...

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Uganda: Marburg death toll climbs to seven

Source: New VisionCountry: UgandaBy Goodluck MusinguziAnother person has died of the Marburg viral disease in the southwestern district of Kabale, bringing the total number of such deaths to...

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Democratic Republic of the Congo (the): Humanitarian Bulletin Eastern Africa,...

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (the), Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan (the), Uganda, South Sudan (Republic...

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Uganda: Marburg fever deaths in Uganda rise to eight

Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Uganda10/29/2012 14:45 GMTKAMPALA, Oct 29, 2012 (AFP) - The death toll from an outbreak of the deadly Marburg haemorrhagic fever in Uganda has risen to eight, as...

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Uganda: Funding, health system constraints impede Marburg control

Source: IRINCountry: UgandaKAMPALA, 31 October 2012 (IRIN) - Uganda's Ministry of Health is facing serious financial and health system constraints as it battles to contain an outbreak of Marburg...

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Uganda: Marburg haemorrhagic fever in Uganda – update (29 October 2012)

Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Uganda31 October 2012 - As of 29 October 2012, a total of 19 cases and 9 deaths have been reported from 5 districts namely Kabale district, in south-western...

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Uganda: Press Statement Update on the Marburg Outbreak - October 29th 2012

Source: Government of UgandaCountry: UgandaToday on behalf of the Ministry of Health, I take this opportunity to welcome you all to this press briefing organized to update you on the outbreak of...

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Uganda: Uganda Red Cross, government and partners in Marburg Fever operation

Source: Uganda Red CrossCountry: UgandaBy Ronald Arinaitwe-Branch Manager URCS KabaleSince the outbreak of Marburg fever in Kabale, the district task force formed sub committees to control the...

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Uganda: Uganda: Marburg Outbreak DREF operation n° MDRUG030

Source: IFRCCountry: UgandaCHF 119,598 has been allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the National Society in delivering immediate assistance to 1,160 persons (200...

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Uganda: Uganda: Marburg Fever Outbreak (as of 2 Nov 2012) - Location Map

Source: ReliefWeb, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Uganda29 Oct 2012 - The Ministry of Health in Uganda declared an outbreak of Marburg fever. There have been 19 cases...

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Kenya: Humanitarian Bulletin Eastern Africa, Issue 18, 29 October - 12...

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (the), Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan (the), Uganda, United Republic...

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Uganda: Marburg haemorrhagic fever breaks out in Uganda

Source: UN RadioCountry: UgandaListenThere has been an outbreak of the deadly Marburg haemorrhagic fever which has killed five people in south-Western Uganda.The World Health Organization (WHO) and the...

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Uganda: WHO sends experts to help Uganda stop the spread of Marburg...

Source: UN RadioCountry: UgandaListen/DownloadConcerted efforts are underway in Uganda to control the outbreak of the Marburg Haemorrhagic fever.The first case of the deadly viral case was reported on...

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