Marburg Fever -- Uganda
Backed by a Sh 3.5 billion [about USD 980 000] outbreak response, Uganda has contained the recent Marburg viral disease outbreak and declared the country free of the infectious disease. The declaration comes after completion of 42 days of the post-Marburg surveillance countdown period for the contacts of the last confirmed case, as per the World Health Organization (WHO) requirement for declaring an end to an outbreak of any viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF). "Today [17 Dec 2017], marks 42 days
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2AVQwNE
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