Hemorrhagic Fever — Uganda
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The Ministry of Health (MOH) has identified the disease that has been claiming the lives of people in Manafwa district as blackwater fever, a severe complication of malaria in which red blood cells burst in the bloodstream, releasing haemoglobin directly into the blood vessels and the urine and leading to kidney failure.
In May [2018], 14 people died under unclear circumstances in Manafwa district. The victims were passing urine laced with blood [confirmed to be
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