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Uganda: The Marburg Virus Puzzle
Kampala :: Uganda | 8 months ago
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Dr Thimm, the man at the centre of isolating the disease, explains why it is happening Since the ministry of Health declared an outbreak of the viral hemorrhagic fever, Marburg, in Kitumba sub-county in Kabale district on Oct.19, questions have been
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Uganda: Shs 2.3 Billion Needed to Rein in Marburg
Kabale :: Uganda | 8 months ago
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The Health ministry is requesting for Shs 2.3bn to contain the deadly Marburg haemorrhagic fever outbreak in the western Uganda districts of Kabale, Ibanda and Rukungiri. Health minister Dr Christine Ondoa says the money is urgently needed if her
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Uganda: Marburg Virus - 132 Now Being Monitored
Kabale :: Uganda | 8 months ago
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Two more people have been admitted to an isolation centre at Rushoroza Health Centre III in Kabale district with signs of the deadly marburg fever...The number of people being monitored by World Health Organisation and the Ministry of Health has also
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Killer disease reaches Uganda capital, five dead
Skooter reporting 10/24/12 The death toll from the deadly Marburg virus outbreak, a cousin of Ebola climbed to five in Uganda and has mushroomed to the capital Kampala after an infected woman traveled to the city, a health official
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Uganda: 34 Monitored, Two Isolated in Marburg Virus
Rukungiri :: Uganda | 8 months ago
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Thirty-four people who are suspected to have had contact with the five killed by the deadly Marburg virus in Kabale district are being monitored by a team from the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation. The ministry spokesperson, Rukia
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Uganda: Marburg Outbreak Confirmed in Kabale
Kabale :: Uganda | 8 months ago
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Police Thursday stopped the burial of Boaz Turyahikayo a lecturer at Uganda Christian University and his sister Mildrid Asasira after it emerged that their family had lost four people from a mysterious disease in just a month. The other two are
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Killers on the loose: the deadly viruses that threaten human survival
Kampala :: Uganda | 9 months ago
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If tourists were tripping in and out of some python-infested Marburg repository, unprotected, and then boarding their return flights to other continents it was an international threat.' Photograph: Science Photo Library Astrid Joosten was a 41-year-
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10 people die of suspected Ebola in Congo
Kampala :: Uganda | 10 months ago
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Uganda (AP) — The World Health Organization says an outbreak of suspected Ebola in eastern Congo has infected at least 15 people, 10 of whom died. WHO said in a statement on Tuesday that two of the cases are confirmed as Ebola
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10 people die of suspected Ebola in Congo
Kampala :: Uganda | 10 months ago
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Uganda (AP) The World Health Organization says an outbreak of suspected Ebola in eastern Congo has infected at least 15 people, 10 of whom died. WHO said in a statement on Tuesday that two of the cases are confirmed as Ebola and that the rest are "
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Uganda: Health Ministry Says Ebola Contained
Kampala :: Uganda | 10 months ago
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Dr. Dennis Lwamafa, acting director general of health services, said in a statement that the last confirmed admitted case to Kagadi Hospital was on August 3. "There have not been new cases reported since then," Lwamafa confirmed. Ebola, a highly
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