Niger: Preventing the Spread of Hepatitis E

Field newsNiger: Preventing the Spread of Hepatitis ENovember 01, 2017The spread of hepatitis E in Niger ’s Diffa region has slowed since Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) first began detecting and treating cases in early 2017, and the subsequentdeclaration of the outbreak by the Ministry of Health (MoH) in mid-April. Through a combination of active case finding, quicker diagnoses, a medical protocol, and working with the community through a network of volunteers, the case fatality rate has fallen.
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