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Niger - Rift Valley Fever (RVF) 2024

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Pathfinder

Editor, Senior Moderator
WEEKLY BULLETIN ON OUTBREAKS
AND OTHER EMERGENCIES

Week 43: 21 to 27 October 2024
Data as reported by: 17:00; 27 October 2024
...
All events currently being monitored by WHO AFRO

Country Niger
Event Rift Valley Fever (RVF)
Grade Ungraded
Date notified to WCO 30-Oct-24
Start of reporting period 14-Oct-24
End of reporting period 30-Oct-24
Total cases 1
Cases Confirmed 1
Deaths
CFR 00%

On 30 October 2024, WHO was notified of a confirmed Rift Valley fever case in a 25-year-old male farmer admitted on 14 October 2024 at the N’wagar health center of Tchintabaraden health district in southwest Niger with fever, jaundice, epistaxis and hematemesis. Blood samples collected and tested by RT-PCR on 14 October 2024 at the Center for Medical Research and Health (CERMES) of Niamey returned positive for Rift Valley fever. Several deaths and abortions have also been reported in the same farmer’s livestock (especially among goats and camelids). Investigations are ongoing.

https://www.afro.who.int/publicatio...-other-emergencies-week-43-21-27-october-2024
 
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