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- Disease Outbreak News - World Health Organization (WHO)
Disease Outbreak News (DONs) Latest WHO Disease Outbreak News (DONs), providing information on confirmed acute public health events or potential events of concern
- Outbreak Toolkit - World Health Organization (WHO)
The Outbreak Toolkit is specifically designed for epidemiologists and field investigators operating at the frontline of complex emergencies and in resource-limited settings It provides a comprehensive, up-to-date toolkit for investigating both infectious disease outbreaks and non-infectious events and hazards By offering standardized tools, the Toolkit addresses the critical need for data
- Sudan virus disease – Uganda
The current outbreak is the sixth SVD outbreak in Uganda Uganda also reported a Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak in 2007 and an Ebola virus disease outbreak exported from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2019 The latest SVD outbreak in Uganda was declared over on 11 January 2023
- WHO - List of emergencies
The health emergencies list below details the disease outbreaks, environmental disasters and other humanitarian crises in which WHO has played or is still playing an essential role in protecting health
- Stages of an outbreak investigation - World Health Organization (WHO)
When a disease outbreak occurs, responding swiftly and effectively is critical to protect public health and minimize the spread of disease The following steps outline a systematic approach to investigating an outbreak, from confirming its existence to communicating findings for future preparedness Each step is designed to ensure that the outbreak is thoroughly understood, controlled, and
- Marburg virus disease– United Republic of Tanzania
On 13 March 2025, the Ministry of Health of the United Republic of Tanzania declared the end of the Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak This declaration came after two consecutive incubation periods (a total of 42 days) since the last person confirmed with MVD died on 28 January 2025 and was given a safe and dignified burial, in accordance with WHO recommendations No new confirmed cases
- Outbreak of suspected Marburg Virus Disease - United Republic of Tanzania
An addendum was added to this Disease Outbreak News on 21 January 2025 to include the declaration of the outbreak by national authorities of the United Republic of Tanzania Introduction On 13 January 2025, WHO informed its Member States and IHR State Parties of an outbreak of suspected Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in the Kagera region of the United Republic of Tanzania using our secure web
- Undiagnosed disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Between 24 October and 5 December 2024, Panzi health zone in Kwango Province of Democratic Republic of the Congo recorded 406 cases of an undiagnosed disease with symptoms of fever, headache, cough, runny nose and body ache All severe cases were reported to be severely malnourished Among the cases, 31 deaths have been registered The majority of cases reported are among children
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