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DRC - Haut-Uele-3 dead of unknown disease, probable measles - March 14, 2024

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:tiphat:Haut-Uele: 3 people die of a disease not yet identified in Nyangara

Published on Thursday, 14/03/2024 - 07:06 | Modified on Thursday, 14/03/2024 - 10:33

The new civil society of the territory of Nyangara (Haut-Uélé) reported on Wednesday, March 13, that three people have died since March 3 from a disease not previously clearly identified in the locality of Nadau, located nearly 85 kilometers from the center of Nyangara.

The coordinator of the new civil society, Bienvenue Akumbano, told Radio Okapi that this disease, which is manifested by the appearance of pimples on the body, already affects about twenty people in the area.

It indicates that two of the deceased belonged to the same family and had cleaned the remains of another person who apparently died of the disease.

Without clearly identifying the disease, the doctor in charge of the Nyangara health zone maintains that it is similar to chickenpox.

The coordinator of the new civil society deplores that more than ten days after the first deaths, no provision is made by the authorities to effectively identify this disease in order to prepare a response plan.

"More than 20 cases already with two deaths, it's too much especially that the situation is not controlled. There was no evaluation mission dispatched to the field to take the samples. There were only small awareness sessions conducted by the Nurse of the health area of this entity on hygiene as part of the prevention of this disease. See well the disease is not identified and this place is a village. It risks creating a situation that we will not be able to manage later, "he regretted.

Welcome Akumbano launches an SOS:​We are alerting so that the authorities can take this situation seriously for fear that we cannot record other deaths. There, there are children who are fragile. When this disease will spread to large agglomerations, it will be complicated. Even humanitarian organizations could come to soak up this situation."

But the head of the health zone says that the patients who arrive at the hospital are taken care of.​:tiphat: https://www.radiookapi.net/2024/03/...s-decedent-dune-maladie-non-encore-identifiee
 
Haut-Uele: appearance of a disease similar to chickenpox in the Niangara territory
  • Thursday March 14, 2024 - 10:18
The alert came this Wednesday, March 13, from civil society in Niangara, one of the six territories of the Haut-Uele province, in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo. This disease of unknown but contagious origin which rages in this entity located 145 kilometers from Isiro the provincial capital, has so far caused two deaths out of twenty cases recorded since March 3.

There are rashes and a tumor on the skin, our source informs us. The clinical signs are comparable to chickenpox, she says.
"In the village of Nadau, more or less 87 kilometers from the capital of the Niangara territory, a man aged around 54 died of a known illness. Unfortunately the people who washed his remains a few days later were "They have fallen ill. We observe rashes with large pimples on their bodies. From March 3 to date, the Nadau health post in the Mangada health area has recorded more than twenty cases and two deaths," reported at ACTUALITE.CD Welcome Akumbano, coordinator of the New Congolese Civil Society in the area.​
To date, no measures have yet been taken by health officials to limit the spread of the disease, reports the same source.
"Until now, no samples or measures to stop the spread of the disease have been taken. This village is in the rural health zone of Niangara. With this rise, we fear disaster within days to come. This is why we ask the provincial, national authorities and even humanitarian organizations to take this health situation seriously in the Niangara territory,” launched this local civil society actor. ​
For the record, in the neighboring territory of Dungu, the head doctor of the Doruma zone alerted last week of the resurgence of measles which had reported more than one hundred and forty cases.
:tiphat: https://actualite.cd/index.php/2024...-la-varicelle-dans-le-territoire-de-niangara​



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Perhaps Monkeypox?


Deadly Mpox Transmission in DR Congo Happening Under Radar; Most Victims are Children
Mpox 13/03/2024 • Zuzanna Stawiska​



A leading Geneva-based global health organization has decried the lack of tests available for mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – where an outbreak declared in 2023 continues unchecked – saying that children are the main victims.

“The mpox situation in the DRC is deeply alarming and the lack of tests for both mpox and HIV means it’s unclear just how bad the mpox situation is and what the underlying comorbidities are,” said Dr Ayoade Alakija, Chair of the Board at FIND in a press release.

According to FIND, a global non-profit dedicated to accelerating access to diagnostics, only 16% of suspected mpox cases in DRC undergo a PCR test. Among suspected cases that are tested, six out of ten test results are positive, underlining the degree of under-estimation of confirmed mpox cases.

“Testing capacity for mpox and HIV in the DRC is severely limited, meaning that many likely cases of mpox in the country are treated as suspected cases only,” Dr Sergio Carmona, FIND CEO and chief medical officer said. Left unchecked – virus risks further spread abroad


Alakija compared the current mpox outbreak in the DRC with the situation during the COVID-19 pandemic, when many African countries were left behind in terms of tests and treatments and vaccines.....:tiphat: https://healthpolicy-watch.news/dea...happening-under-radar-children-main-victims/​
 
Health alert in Haut-Uele: More than 100 cases of measles and two deaths reported in Doruma
  • Thursday March 7, 2024 - 06:10
The information was communicated to Actualité.cd by the head of this health entity on Monday March 4, 2024.
Doctor Lucien-Nicaise Arowando reports that at least 144 suspected cases of measles have been reported in his jurisdiction, in the territory of Dungu, more than two hundred kilometers north of the town of Isiro, in the province of Haut- Uele.
The chief doctor of the Doruma health zone specifies that two deaths have been recorded since the start of the epidemic in January in this part of the province. Lucien-Nicaise Arowando indicates that the care of patients is problematic due to the shortage of stocks of inputs necessary to effectively fight against the disease and launches an SOS.
"There is an exponential increase in measles cases. Our health zone includes twelve health areas. In these twelve areas, we have already reported 144 cases of measles. There have also been two deaths linked to complications. We we reserve the right to qualify the situation as an epidemic, because it is within the competence of the INRB (National Institute of Biomedical Research), authorized to confirm after laboratory analysis. The number we report concerns patients who consulted healthcare establishments , but many cases in the community are not rep....:tiphat: https://actualite.cd/index.php/2024...-rougeole-et-deux-deces-signales-doruma​​​​​​

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Haut-Uélé: a contagious disease of unknown origin is rampant in the Niangara territory

March 14, 2024

Isiro, March 14, 2024 (ACP).- A contagious disease of unknown origin is rife in the village Nadau, at least 85 km from the capital of the territory of Niangara, in Haut-Uélé, (North-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo), the ACP learned Thursday from a local source.

“In the Nadau village, Poime chiefdom, Nadau group, at least 85 km from the capital of the Niangara territory, a man aged around 54 died following an unknown illness. Unfortunately the people who washed the corpse, a few days later, 6 people among them all fell ill. We observe the eruption of large pimples on their bodies,” declared Bienvenu Akumbano, coordinator of the new civil society.

“From March 3 to date, the Nadau health post, where the Mangada health air station has recorded more than twenty cases and two deaths, due to this disease. The symptoms appear through rashes with large pimples on the victims' bodies, comparable to chicken pox,” he said.

He specified that until now, no samples and measures have been taken to stop the disease in this village located in the Niangara rural health zone.

For the coordinator of the new civil society, with this rise, we fear that it will get worse in the future.

“This is why we ask the provincial, national authorities and even humanitarian organizations to take this health situation seriously in the territory of Niangara,” he continued. The head nurse of the health zone of this region has not yet provided clarification on this pandemic which is taking on another magnitude in this territory.

ACP/ODM

https://acp.cd/sante/haut-uele-une-...nconnue-sevit-dans-le-territoire-de-niangara/
 
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