Uganda: Marburg - Don't Be Caught Off Guard

Just as the world was grappling with the worst ever outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever, Ebola, in West Africa with over 4000 dead, tragedy struck thousands of kilometres away in Uganda...

New Marburg fever case confirmed.

  • Uganda:   Health Workers Trained to Contain Marburg

    EA Business, 12 October 2014

    The Ministry of Health with support from Medicines San Frontiers (MSF) and the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention has trained a total of 103 health workers from Mengo… Read more »

  • Rwanda:   Marburg Fever Cases in Uganda

    New Times, 13 October 2014

    The World Health Organisation (WHO) last week warned that Ebola is now entrenched in the capital cities of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone where 70 per cent of people are… Read more »

  • Uganda:   Note Where Your Hands Have Been

    Observer, 21 October 2014

    Global hand washing day was marked on October 15, and other than the revelation that just 30 per cent Ugandans wash their hands with water and soap after visiting the toilet,… Read more »

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