Thursday, 22 August 2019

PRO/AH/EDR> Aflatoxin - Tanzania: (DO,MY)

Poisoning -- Tanzania
A suspected aflatoxicosis outbreak is being reported in Tanzania. The World Health Organization (WHO) was informed of the situation by the Ministry of Health in late June 2019. Since 1 Jun 2019, sporadic cases presented with symptoms and signs of abdominal distention, jaundice, vomiting, swelling of lower limbs, with a few cases of fever and headache, from Dodoma and Manyara Regions in Tanzania. As of 11 Aug 2019, a total of 53 cases and 8 deaths have been reported from Chemba, Kondoa and

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6634270&promed&0

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