Hepatitis E -- Namibia
The Ministry of Health and Social Services, together with other stakeholders in Gobabis, have been working around the clock to come up with the regional response plan that will mitigate effects of a hepatitis E outbreak in town. Since the 1st case was reported in December 2018 -- a pregnant woman who has since miscarried -- 6 other cases have recently been confirmed out of the suspected 25, and the figure keeps rising steadily.
Most of the reported cases are coming from informal settlements
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6289886&promed&0
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