WORLD HEALTH ORGANZATION (WHO)
Global Alert and Response (GAR)
Ebola in Uganda
18 May 2011 - On 13 May 2011, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Uganda notified WHO of a case of Ebola Haemorrhagic fever in a 12 year old girl from Luwero district, central Uganda. On 6 May she presented to a private clinic in Zirobwe town, Luwero district, with a 5-day history of an acute febrile illness with haemorrhagic manifestations. She was later referred to Bombo General Military Hospital where she died few hours after admission.
Laboratory investigations at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), Entebbe, Uganda confirmed Ebola virus (Sudan species). A sample is on route to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, USA for additional analysis and sequencing.
A National Task Force has been convened by the MoH Uganda, which is working with several partners including WHO, CDC, the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) and USAID. A joint MoH, WHO and CDC team was deployed to the district on 13 May to carry out a detailed epidemiological investigation. WHO will be supporting the MoH in the areas of epidemiology and infection control.
Control activities already in place include active case finding and contact tracing, enhanced surveillance, reinforcement of infection prevention and control, and of standard precautions in health care settings.
WHO does not recommend that any travel or trade restrictions are applied to Uganda.
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2011_05_18/en/index.html
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