Tanzania: Ministry Wants Bird Flu Surveillance Stepped Up

Dar es Salaam — The Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children has instructed regional and district medical officers to strengthen monitoring and diagnosis of bird flu at all health facilities across the country.

The directive follows a Ugandan government announcement that the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), which infects both animals and humans, has been detected following tests on carcasses of white winged black birds that died on the shores of Lake Victoria near Entebbe on January 2.

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