BUKOBA: IN efforts to control the spread of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD), radio presenters from 14 stations based in the Lake Zone Regions namely Mwanza, Kigoma, Shinyanga, Kagera, Simiyu and Mara have ...

An outbreak of Marburg virus disease has been confirmed in Tanzania ... Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda. A health worker during the Marburg vaccination activity in Kigali ...

In the African region, previous outbreaks and sporadic cases have been reported in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda.

South Africa and Uganda. Marburg virus is transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads among humans through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people, surfaces and materials.

Ugandan officials are preparing to deploy a trial vaccine as part of efforts to stem an outbreak of Ebola in the capital, ...

The Marburg virus has seen sporadic outbreaks across several African nations, including Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, South Africa ...

The Marburg virus, a highly infectious Ebola-like disease, has a fatality rate of 50% and no approved vaccine or treatment. Founded in 1996, iAfrica stands as one of South Africa's most enduring ...

Ebola outbreak has been declared in Africa this week, with up to nine people already dead. Uganda reported an outbreak in the ...

Tanzania and the World Health Organisation confirmed on Monday the outbreak of Marburg virus disease in ... Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, South Africa and Uganda.