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Ebola in Uganda: November 30 - December 17, 2007

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Uganda: Zaramba Clears Games Over Ebola Scare

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New Vision (Kampala)
15 December 2007
Posted to the web 17 December 2007
Norman Katende
Kampala
THE Health ministry has given the university games a go ahead, saying there is no risk of Ebola. The week-long games start today with the arrival of over 1625 participants Makerere University.
A letter written by Dr. Sam Zaramba the director general of health services on December 10, pointed out that there was no health risk in holding the games.
"Ebola is currently limited to Bundibugyo district in Western Uganda and surveillance and alert cases so far have shown that there is no Ebola in Kampala. In addition, Ebola is not transmitted by air but by getting into contact with the body fluids of only sick people and not those without symptoms," read part of the letter.
"As such the games will cause no additional special risk. We therefore advise you to go ahead and host the games as planned. Please ensure that any one who develops fever or bloody diarrhoea during the games should be reported immediately to the nearest health unit.":tiphat: http://allafrica.com/stories/200712170933.html
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Isolation ward set up to handle Ebola cases

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A new system of self-examination for any Ebola symptoms to those suspecting to have acquired the virus following the Ebola outbreak in western Uganda has been introduced in the country.
The ministry of health has also set up an isolation ward at the Kenyatta National Hospital ready to handle any suspected cases.
A new system for examining any Ebola symptoms is also in place.
This follows the death of 28 people from the 130 Ebola victims in western Uganda, although reports indicate that the Ugandan government has contained the Ebola outbreak at the western part of the country.
This is after the Kenya Medical Research Institute -Kemri was mandated ato be the sole recipient of samples of any suspected cases of Ebola.
Director of Medical Services Dr James Nyikal said that Kemri has the capacity to diagnose any form of haemorrhagic fever including the dreaded Ebola.
In a statement to media houses, Nyikal said the government has reactivated its surveillance systems countrywide to detect and respond to any possible threat.
A rapid response team was also established at the Ministry headquarters to support any districts that might report suspected cases of Ebola.
Nyikal however maintained that the public are free to travel to and from Uganda.
Over 350 people in Bundibugyo and Kasese districts of Uganda who had contact with Ebola victims have been quarantined in their homes for monitoring.
Since August when the killer disease broke out, ninety-three people, have been infected while 24 have already succumbed to the deadly fever.
Nyikal advised those traveling to Uganda to ensure that they avoid any contact with Ebola patients or their body fluids, including needles or medical waste.
They should also avoid contact with wild animals or consuming bush meat.
They should report to the nearest health facility any person with symptoms suggestive of malaria or typhoid if they have visited the Western parts of Uganda or the DRC.:tiphat:
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Kenya: Ebola - Border With Uganda to Remain Open

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The Nation (Nairobi)
16 December 2007
Posted to the web 17 December 2007
Jeff Otieno
Nairobi
The government has ruled out closing the Kenya-Uganda border following an outbreak of the deadly Ebola haemorrhagic fever in the neighbouring country.
Speaking to the Sunday Nation, the Ministry of Health's chief medical officer, Dr Shahnaaz Sharif, said the spread of the fever was now under control in Uganda.
So far, 32 people, including medical personnel, have died in the outbreak that hit Bundibugyo district in western Uganda. Dr Sharif said tests carried out in eight Ugandan districts on blood samples suspected to be infected with the virus were negative, proof that the disease was now under control.
"It means that Ebola is so far restricted to one district which means the control measures in place are succeeding in checking the spread," he said.
The medical officer said the Kenya Government had sent a team of five doctors to study the outbreak. It teamed up with medical personnel from other parts of the world who went to Uganda to help control the spread.
"Two of the doctors are expected in the country today (yesterday)," said Dr Sharif.
He said the government will continue to screen travellers coming from Uganda until the fever is completely brought under control in Bundibugyo district.
The response unit at the Kenya-Uganda border includes public health officers, nurses, laboratory technologists and clinical officers. "We continue to screen travellers by taking details of where they come from, where they are going and how long they are going to stay in the country," said Dr Sharif.
The details, he said, are important in tracing suspected persons if the fever were detected in the country.
However, he asked Kenyans not to panic, saying everything was under control.
The medical personnel at the border were doing a good job, Dr Sharif said.
He said a special ward had been set aside at the Busia District Hospital to deal with any Ebola case that might be detected from Uganda.
Another medical centre in Malaba, he said, was monitoring the disease trend.
Last week, the Busia medical officer of health, Dr Silas Ayunga, confirmed that medical personnel had been stationed on the Uganda border to screen people entering the country.
By last week the team had screened more than 200 people from Uganda. President Yoweri Museveni has ordered an investigation into the origin of the latest Ebola outbreak which sent the country into a panic.
The directive came following conflicting reports that the first persons to contract the haemorrhagic fever ate a monkey and not a dead goat as had earlier been reported by medical investigators.
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Epidemiological experts are baffled by the actual host of the virus that causes Ebola, but scientific inquiries since 1976 -- the first time the lethal subtypes of Ebola Sudan and Ebola Zaire were discovered -- have concluded that monkeys could be the agents that transmit the virulent disease.
Ebola is one of the most virulent viral diseases known to man and results in death in 50 to 90 per cent of all clinically ill patients.
It can be transmitted by direct contact with infected blood, body fluids and tissues of infected persons.:tiphat: http://allafrica.com/stories/200712171058.html
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