On 17 October 2017, the Ugandan Ministry of Health notified WHO of a confirmed Marburg outbreak of Marburg Virus disease (MVD) in Kween district, Eastern Uganda. The outbreak was officially declared by the Ministry of health on 19 October 2017.
As of 7 November, four cases of MVD have been reported...- two confirmed (dead), one probable (dead) and one suspected. Other patients, previously reported as suspected cases, have since tested negative for the virus.
WHO has been implementing the Emergency Response Plan since 20 October 2017 when the Ministry of Health officially declared the outbreak. The Emergency Response Plan was developed on several assumptions which may now need to be revised.
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Key populations brief
Accessed November 2017
Time for recognition of lay counsellors
Accessed November 2017
Good practice guide
Supporting community action on HIV, health and rights to end AIDS
How to make your messages on tuberculosis count
WHO/HTM/STB/2009.57
Suggested language and usage for tuberculosis communications
First edition
Accessed November 2017
Networking for Policy Change: TB/HIV Participant’s Guide
WHO/HTM/TB/2007.384b
“TB is too often a death sentence for people with AIDS. It does not have to be this
way.”
-Nelson Mandela, International conference on HIV and AIDS, Bangkok, Thailand, July 2004.
Engage - TB
WHO/HTM/TB/2015.27
WHO/HTM/TB/2007.384a
“TB is too often a death sentence for people with AIDS.
It does not have to be this way.”
-Nelson Mandela, International conference on HIV /AIDS, Bangkok, Thailand, July 2004
Collection of country-level good practices
Working Document, September 2017
A Handbook for country programmes
Global Plan to end TB 2016-2020
Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs | July – September 2017
United Nations Office of the Resident Coordinator | http://www.unlesotho.org/