Community involvement is crucial because when people trust the system, they are more likely to report cases and participate ...

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.

Storyline: The Tanzanian government is taking decisive action to combat the resurgence of Marburg virus disease (MVD), ...

The Trump administration is limiting the nation’s ability to respond to infectious disease as Marburg, Ebola rise ...

Ugandan authorities have begun a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one person in the outbreak declared last week ...

Since the country officially announced the outbreak last week, ten people have tested positive for Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola. Of these, nine have died ...

The World Health Organisation notes that Marburg Virus Disease is rare but severe and ... organs or other bodily fluids of infected people as well as contaminated surfaces and materials like ...

“Now is a time for collaboration, and commitment, to protecting the health of all people in Tanzania, and the region, from the risks posed by this disease.” Marburg virus disease is highly ...

Additionally, 25 people with suspected infections whose test results were later negative for Marburg virus are being closely monitored. This is the second Marburg virus disease outbreak in Tanzania.

He framed filovirus infection as a “caregiver’s disease,” noting that most people who fall sick with ... But though Marburg virus infection had never previously been diagnosed in Rwanda ...