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Rwanda reports first-ever Marburg virus disease outbreak, with 26 cases confirmed

Rwanda reports first-ever Marburg virus disease outbreak, with 26 cases confirmed

Brazzaville/Kigali – Rwandan health authorities are intensifying…
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Marburg Virus Disease outbreak in Equatorial Guinea ends

Marburg Virus Disease outbreak in Equatorial Guinea ends

Brazzaville/Malabo – The outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease in…
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How preparedness boosted Tanzania’s Marburg outbreak response

How preparedness boosted Tanzania’s Marburg outbreak response

Dar es Salaam ‒ Mishana* was taken ill at Bujunangoma Hospital in…
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Marburg Virus Disease outbreak in Tanzania declared over

Marburg Virus Disease outbreak in Tanzania declared over

Brazzaville/Dar es Salaam – Tanzania today declared the end of the…
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Enhancing preparedness to tackle rising zoonotic diseases in Africa

Enhancing preparedness to tackle rising zoonotic diseases in Africa

Brazzaville – The ongoing Marburg virus disease outbreaks in…
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Equatorial Guinea confirms eight more Marburg cases

Equatorial Guinea confirms eight more Marburg cases

Brazzaville/Malabo – Equatorial Guinea’s Ministry of Health has…
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Tanzania confirms first-ever outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease

Tanzania confirms first-ever outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease

Brazzaville/Dar es Salaam – Tanzania today confirmed its first-ever…
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Equatorial Guinea confirms first-ever Marburg virus disease outbreak

Equatorial Guinea confirms first-ever Marburg virus disease outbreak

Brazzaville/Malabo – Equatorial Guinea today confirmed its first-ever…
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Technical Officers of WHO and the Ghana Health Service moving to the Communicable Diseases Unit at the Apinto Government hospital

Beating Marburg virus outbreak: Ghana’s journey to victory

Accra - “We have been managing cases of outbreaks such as COVID-19,…
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Guinea: Containing marburg disease

Ending Marburg outbreak swiftly

When a man in Temessadou M’Boket – a village in the densely forested…
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