Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Crimean-Congo hem. fever – East Africa (03): Uganda (NK)
PRO/AH/EDR> Crimean-Congo hem. fever – East Africa (03): Uganda (NK)
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever -- UgandaThe Health Ministry has admitted there was an outbreak after a 9-year-old girl from a village in the Nakaseke district tested positive for CCHF [Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever]. Now the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Ugandan Ministry of Health have confirmed 9 cases of 2 strains of viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF). Of the cases confirmed, the Health Ministry said 4 have died from the disease, which can cause victims to bleed from their orifices -- including Read more [...]
