Rwanda faced a Marburg virus outbreak among health workers in the capital Kigali, challenging the nation’s health system and testing its pandemic response capabilities.
The Tanzanian government is taking decisive action to combat the resurgence of Marburg virus disease (MVD), implementing quarantine measures and source tracing to curb the spread of the disease, said ...
The 32-year-old man, who worked at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, developed a fever and was eventually diagnosed with ...
Ebola outbreak has been declared in Africa this week, with up to nine people already dead. Uganda reported an outbreak in the ...
KAGERA Regional Commissioner Fatma Mwasa has urged journalists to serve as effective ambassadors in educating the public ...
An Ebola outbreak has been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Experts share concerns about the highly ...
In addition to the possible Ebola outbreak, there is an outbreak of Marburg fever, caused by a related virus, in Tanzania, which shares a border with eastern DRC. Global health experts said ...
In a statement, Dr. Richard Dawood, an adviser to the African Travel & Tourism Association, said, "For the vast majority of tourist activities, the risk is virtually zero." ...
Marburg virus disease or MVD is a highly transmissible ... MVD is a rare but severe hemorrhagic fever that is known for its extremely high fatality rate, which can range from 24% to 88% depending ...
It comes a month after WHO declared the end of a three-month Marburg outbreak in neighbouring Rwanda which killed 15 people. The virus causes a highly infectious haemorrhagic fever. It is transmitted ...