Brief instructions for the diagnostic of specimens coming from suspected plague cases and exposed contacts, including recommendations for diagnostic confirmation
Retention of knowledge and application within the community one year later
GUIDELINES ON LEPROSY CONTROL IN SOUTH AFRICA | 2011
Recommendations and Reports: Evidence For Action Briefing Paper Issue 06, December 2010
Briefing Paper, December 2010, Issue 06
On 17 October 2017, the Ugandan Ministry of Health notified WHO of a confirmed Marburg outbreak of Marburg Virus disease (MVD) in Kween district, Eastern Uganda. The outbreak was officially declared by the Ministry of health on 19 October 2017.
As of 7 November, four cases of MVD have been reported
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- two confirmed (dead), one probable (dead) and one suspected. Other patients, previously reported as suspected cases, have since tested negative for the virus.
WHO has been implementing the Emergency Response Plan since 20 October 2017 when the Ministry of Health officially declared the outbreak. The Emergency Response Plan was developed on several assumptions which may now need to be revised.
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KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation - Your Partner in the fight against TB
Accessed November 2017
A Handbook for country programmes