Uganda: 2018 Rift Valley Fever

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Source: http://ntv.co.ug/news/health/23/jan/....Hc57vMoJ.dpbs


Government confirms Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Nakaseke
Government has confirmed one death from the Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic fever and three others to the Rift valley fever
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...Meanwhile, three deaths from Rift Valley Fever have been confirmed in the districts of Kiboga, Buikwe, and Mityana.Both Crimean-Congo Fever and the Rift Valley Fever are viral diseases that are found in livestock but can be transmitted to humans.

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Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/24/c_136919058.htm

Rift Valley Fever outbreak kills three more people in Uganda
Source: Xinhua| 2018-01-24 00:45:30|Editor: huaxia

KAMPALA, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's health ministry on Tuesday said at least three more people have succumbed to the Rift Valley Fever (RVF) outbreak in the country's three central districts.

Ruth Aceng, the minister for health, told reporters here that at least five suspected cases have tested positive of RVF, including three deaths in the central districts of Kiboga, Buikwe and Mityana.

The latest RVF cases were reported on Jan. 19 in the three districts in the East African country.

This new number brings the total number of people who have succumbed to the fever, which broke out in August 2017, to five. At least two cases died of the fever in November 2017...

 

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THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA

GOVERNMENT STATEMENT ON THE RISK OF RIFT VALLEY
HEMORRHAGIC FEVER (RVF) AND CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC
FEVER (CCHF) IN THE CATTLE CORRIDOR DISTRICTS OF UGANDA

Hon. Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng
Minister of Health
January 23, 2018.

Further to the previous statements issued by the Ministry of Health, Government informs
the general public that there have been sporadic cases of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic
Fever (CCHF) and Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in some districts along the cattle corridor.

Government would like to inform the general public that rapid intervention to manage
and control the situation is well under way.

An inter-ministerial committee, coordinated by the Ministry of Health has been
undertaking measures, including the following:

1. A National Rapid Response team of expert epidemiologists, clinicians,
veterinarians, communicators and laboratory specialists (jointly from Ministry of
Health and Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries) has been
constituted and dispatched to Nakaseke and Luwero to support the district to set up
appropriate response structures.
2. Spraying of ticks and biting insects is already ongoing in selected districts within
the cattle corridor, including; Nakaseke, Sembabule, Kyegegwa, Lyantonde,
Mubende, and Gomba. Assessment of other districts is in the process.
3. There is ongoing dissemination of IEC materials in the local dialect and English
for sensitization of the public.

Since August, 2017 when suspected cases were reported, 4 cases of the CCHF have been
confirmed and 5 cases of the RVF, the latest cases being reported on the 19th of January
2018 in Nakaseke and Buikwe, respectively. To date, unfortunately, we have lost one case
of CCHF from Nakaseke district and 3 cases of the RVF from Kiboga, Buikwe and
Mityana districts.

The general public is, therefore, informed as follows;
I. Cooked meat and boiled milk do not transmit the above diseases;
II. Handlers of these products are advised to use personal protective gear;
III. The inter- ministerial committee will keep the public informed of any new
development.

I thank you,
Hon. Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng
Minister of Health
FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY

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