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WEEKLY BULLETIN ON OUTBREAKS
AND OTHER EMERGENCIES
Week 34: 15 - 21 August 2022
Data as reported by: 17:00; 21 August 2022
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All events currently being monitored by WHO AFRO
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Uganda Rift Valley fever Ungraded
Date notified to WCO 18-Aug-22
Start of reporting period 18-Aug-22
End of reporting period 18-Aug-22
Total cases 2
Cases Confirmed 2
Deaths 1
CFR 50.0%
On 18 August 2022, the Uganda IHR-NFP notified WHO of two confirmed cases of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) reported on 27 July and 2 August, respectively, in Rubanda and Isingiro districts both located in the south western regions of the country. The index case from Rubanda is a female patient aged 39 years who presented at the Kabale Regional Referral Hospital on 23 June 2022 with fever, loss of appetite, joint pains and headache. The index case in Isingiro is a 27-year old farmer whose disease started on 24 July 2022 with fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, fatigue, abdominal pain, joint pains, difficulties in breathing and swallowing, and unexplained bleeding from the nose. He was admitted at the Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital where he died on 29 July 2022. Both cases were sampled and results from the Uganda Virus Research Institute returned positive for RVF.
https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/362017/OEW34-1521082022.pdf
AND OTHER EMERGENCIES
Week 34: 15 - 21 August 2022
Data as reported by: 17:00; 21 August 2022
...
All events currently being monitored by WHO AFRO
...
Uganda Rift Valley fever Ungraded
Date notified to WCO 18-Aug-22
Start of reporting period 18-Aug-22
End of reporting period 18-Aug-22
Total cases 2
Cases Confirmed 2
Deaths 1
CFR 50.0%
On 18 August 2022, the Uganda IHR-NFP notified WHO of two confirmed cases of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) reported on 27 July and 2 August, respectively, in Rubanda and Isingiro districts both located in the south western regions of the country. The index case from Rubanda is a female patient aged 39 years who presented at the Kabale Regional Referral Hospital on 23 June 2022 with fever, loss of appetite, joint pains and headache. The index case in Isingiro is a 27-year old farmer whose disease started on 24 July 2022 with fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, fatigue, abdominal pain, joint pains, difficulties in breathing and swallowing, and unexplained bleeding from the nose. He was admitted at the Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital where he died on 29 July 2022. Both cases were sampled and results from the Uganda Virus Research Institute returned positive for RVF.
https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/362017/OEW34-1521082022.pdf