Marburg Research Institute Set Up in Uganda
The government together with Centre for Disease Control (CDC), have set up a temporary virus research institute at Ibanda and a diagnostic laboratory at Kabale Referral Hospital in an effort to reduce the delays and help contain the Marburg cases identified.
Marburg medical team.
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Uganda:
Ban Meetings in Districts With Marburg
New Vision, 31 October 2012
MPs want public celebrations, meetings and gatherings suspended in marburg-affected districts. Read more »
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Uganda:
Marburg More Serious Than HIV/Aids - Director
Independent (Kampala), 30 October 2012
Addressing a press conference yesterday at media centre Dr. Acheng Jane Ruth, the director general health services made the statement after journalists demanded for the names and… Read more »
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Uganda:
New Ministers Swear in
New Vision, 30 October 2012
New ministers are set to take oath at a function taking place at State House Nakasero in Capital Kampala. Read more »
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Uganda:
Govt Hires Experts For Marburg Outbreak
Independent (Kampala), 30 October 2012
Ministry of Health and its partners have hired ten technical experts to handle and contain the spread of Marburg cases in the identified districts. Read more »
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Uganda:
436 Being Monitored for Marburg Signs
New Vision, 30 October 2012
The Ministry of Health and experts from the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention have set up a field diagnostic laboratory in Kabale district to quicken testing of suspected… Read more »
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Uganda:
Who is at Risk of Marburg Fever?
New Vision, 29 October 2012
When marburg fever recently broke out in Katumba sub-county, Kabale district and claimed lives, some residents blamed it on witchcraft. It took the intervention of health experts… Read more »
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The hemorrhagic virus has claimed seven lives since experts first reported the outbreak in western Uganda. The health ministry has requested 2.3 billion shillings for a Marburg ... Read more »
