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Animal Anthrax outbreak triggered by butchering infected carcasses on and or near the pastureland,…
Affiliation: 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda
Summary
On 20th April 2018, 7 people were admitted to Health Centre Y, after skinning, carrying and eating a dead cow at Kaplobotwo village, Kween Di-trict.…
On-going transmission of Leprosy and inadequate control measures in Lira and Alebtong Districts,…
Executive Summary
On 25 Feb 2019, the Lira District Biostatistician reported to Ministry of Health that 38 cases of leprosy had been identified in the last quarter of 2018. We investigated to confirm the existence of an out-break and…
Investigation of suspected O’nyong nyong fever Outbreak in Kampala District, Uganda, February 2019
Authors: Bernadette Basuta Mirembe1 John Kayiwa2 Daniel Kadobera1 Alex Ri-olexus Ario1; Affiliations:
1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda
2Uganda Virus Research Institute, Kampala, Uganda
Democratic Republic of Congo Ebola Outbreak Should Constitute a Public Health Emergency of…
Author: Kenneth Bainomugisha Vol 4 Issue 2
Fatal Pneumonic Plague in Zombo District, West Nile, Uganda, March 2019
Summary
On 6 March 2019, the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) received notification of a female adult patient admitted at Warr Health Center III in Zombo District presenting with symptoms of pneumonic plague. The patient…
Events in Volume 4 Issue 2 April to June 2019
Events: Volume 4 Issue 2