International Health Emergency Response Plan: Marburg Virus Disease

World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa. 11/2017 This 15-page document details the confirmed outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Kween district, eastern Uganda, that was officially declared by the Ministry of Health on October 19, 2017. It discusses the response strategy, and how the World Health Organization, working closely with national partners and the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), is supporting the ministries of health to stop the spread of the virus; care for those infected; and provide coordination and technical and operational response. (PDF)
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