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| 25.08.2013 | Biological Hazard | Uganda | Northern Uganda, [Agago region] |  |  |
Biohazard name: Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF)
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| Updated: | Thursday, 22 August, 2013 at 10:27 UTC |
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| The ministry of health has confirmed that the Congo Crimean haemorrhagic fever has claimed the life of one female aged 27. The deceased was admitted at Mulago Hospital. Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, the director general of health services, said the patient was admitted on August 16 with severe anaemia, vomiting, headaches and inter-menstrual bleeding. In an official statement, Aceng said the ministry would intensify its response to the disease. The statement said this is the first confirmed death since the outbreak of the disease was announced on August 16. After confirmation of the disease in Kampala, Mulago Hospital has reopened its isolation facility to admit suspected cases in and around Kampala. "Currently, there are no admissions at the isolation facility. A burial team has been instituted to co-ordinate the burials of suspected and confirmed cases," Aceng said. She said there is only one confirmed case admitted in Agago at Kalongo Hospital. The Ministry of Health has delivered drugs and other health supplies to the hospital. The ministry has also intensified its surveillance activities in Kampala and Agago districts to trace cases of the disease. The 36 people who got into contact with the confirmed cases have been listed and are being monitored for signs and symptoms of the disease. Samples have been collected from humans and sent to the Uganda Virus Research Institute to aid the investigations into the disease. Working with the ministry of agriculture, 50 samples have been collected from sheep, goats, cows and dogs in Agago district to trace the source of the disease. | |
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| Updated: | Sunday, 25 August, 2013 at 13:15 UTC |
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| Uganda’s ministry of health said on Wednesday that a 27-year-old woman in Kampala had died after contracting the deadly Congo Crimean Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF). The woman was married to a South Sudan-based Ugandan trader who had suffered from the disease while in South Sudan and had recently returned to Uganda where he is receiving additional treatment. In a statement on 19 August, the Ugandan health ministry declared that the fever, which was first reported in northern Uganda, was under control. "The ministry of health informs the general public that the situation of the Congo Crimean Haemorrhagic Fever is under control with no new confirmed cases reported since the outbreak was announced on 16 August", the statement said. But by Wednesday, the ministry was announcing the first death in the country from the fever. The deceased woman is not thought to have come into contact with the earlier reported cases of the fever in northern Uganda. Ugandan health authorities suspect she contracted the disease from her husband who had recently returned from South Sudan. South Sudan has not officially declared an outbreak of the fever in the country. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says CCHF causes severe fever outbreaks and has a fatality rate of up to 40%. WHO adds that the disease is transmitted to humans from ticks and from human to human contact via blood, secretions and body fluids from affected persons. The disease has no vaccine available for either humans or animals. | |
Ugandan woman killed by deadly fever suspected to have been infected by husband
August 23, 2013 (KAMPALA) - Uganda’s ministry of health said on Wednesday that a 27-year-old woman in Kampala had died after contracting the deadly Congo Crimean Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF).The woman was married to a South Sudan-based Ugandan trader who had suffered from the disease while in South Sudan and had recently returned to Uganda where he is receiving additional treatment.
In a statement on 19 August, the Ugandan health ministry declared that the fever, which was first reported in northern Uganda, was under control.
“The ministry of health informs the general public that the situation of the Congo Crimean Haemorrhagic Fever is under control with no new confirmed cases reported since the outbreak was announced on 16 August”, the statement said.
But by Wednesday, the ministry was announcing the first death in the country from the fever.
The deceased woman is not thought to have come into contact with the earlier reported cases of the fever in northern Uganda.
Ugandan health authorities suspect she contracted the disease from her husband who had recently returned from South Sudan.
South Sudan has not officially declared an outbreak of the fever in the country.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says CCHF causes severe fever outbreaks and has a fatality rate of up to 40%.
WHO adds that the disease is transmitted to humans from ticks and from human to human contact via blood, secretions and body fluids from affected persons.
The disease has no vaccine available for either humans or animals.
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