Biharamulo, Tanzania – A team of public health emergency consultants from World Health Group (WHO) has deployed to Tanzania’s north-western Kagera location to support the health authorities give a take to response to an outbreak of Marburg virus disease.
The WHO consultants are piece of an initial 20-member inter-company team from Médecins Sans Frontières, Tanzania Crimson Tainted Society and UNICEF in the realm working with national and native health officials to reinforce disease surveillance, diagnostic skill, possess certain effective case administration, and support give a take to public consciousness to close extra transmission of the virus.
WHO has additionally shipped 1.4 tonnes of the biggest scientific supplies collectively with diagnostic kits and private protective equipment to Tanzania from its Regional Emergency Response Hub in Nairobi. As of 23 January 2025, there had been two confirmed and 29 suspected conditions reported. A total of 281 contacts are being carefully monitored.
“Our focus is to abruptly halt the spread of the virus and place lives by working carefully with the authorities to possess certain a coordinated and effective response,” said Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses, WHO Advisor in Tanzania.
The ongoing outbreak is Tanzania’s 2nd of Marburg virus disease, following a a hit containment of the first in 2023, which occurred in the identical location. Lessons learned from which occupy, coupled with the authorities’s investments in emergency preparedness, are proving the biggest in addressing the present bother.
WHO is committed to working with Tanzanian authorities and companions to carry the outbreak below alter. The Group has distributed US$ 3 million from its Contingency Fund for Emergencies to support tempo up the outbreak alter efforts.
Marburg virus disease is a extremely contagious illness that causes haemorrhagic fever. It spreads through thunder contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals or scandalous supplies. Though there don’t seem to be any accredited treatments or vaccines, early supportive care can vastly reinforce outcomes for patients.
