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Health Related Forums => Health News and Events => Topic started by: Munim on November 05, 2007, 04:46:04 PM
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On 18 October 2007, the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), Sudan, requested WHO support to investigate and control a suspected haemorrhagic fever outbreak in White Nile and Sinnar States.
WHO has mobilized technical and logistics support for a joint Federal Ministry of Health and Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries field investigation. The field team included staff from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and field diagnostics capacity from the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No.3 (NAMRU-3), a WHO Collaborating Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases based in Cairo, Egypt.
The joint field team arrived in Kosti, White Nile State on 24 October, and investigated reports of human and animal illness in the surrounding area. The team implemented outbreak response activities, including intensified surveillance and case management, social mobilization and outbreak communications. The investigation team reported its findings and recommendations to the FMoH in Khartoum on 28 October, at which point, the FMoH requested additional WHO support for controlling an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever (RVF).
As of 2 November, 125 cases including 60 deaths have been reported from more than 10 localities of White Nile, Sinnar, and Gezira states. Young adult males are predominantly affected. More than 25 human samples have been found positive for RVF by PCR or ELISA.
Samples from animals have been sent to the Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, Khartoum for analysis, but results are not yet available. Efforts are ongoing to intensify surveillance, case management, health education and vector control in the affected areas. WHO is working with the FMoH on an outbreak response plan of action and to identify the priority technical and operational support needed.
Munim
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Duhurnimadii mantana waxa shirwayn oo looga hadlaayo arintaas lagu qabtay kuliyada cafimaadka ee jamacada Gazira ee sudan waxana ka hadlay dhkhatiirta jamacada iyo mas'uuliyinta wasarada cafimadkaka waxana lagu soo bandhigay warqado,film,iyo slides, oo ka hadlaya cudurka iyo dhibatadiisa.
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Cudurka rift valley oo ka dilaacay dalka Sudan ayaa ilaa hada waxaa u dhintay ilaa 84 qofood oo ku kala nool 3 gobol oo kala ah White Nile, Senar iyo Jazeera.
Cudurkaan oo halis ah si dhakhsane qofka ku dila ayaa laga baqayaa inuu soo gaaro caasimada dalka Sudan ee khartoum, Wasaarada caafimaadka oo talaabooyin ka hortag qaadatay iyo wacyi galin shacabkeeda.
Warbixin ku saabsan cudurkaan iyo sida looga hortagi karo halkaan ka akhriso (Maxay thay qandhada "Rift Valley"?. (http://somalidoc.com/smf/index.php?topic=406))
Dr.Mahdi
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Rift Valley Fever in Sudan has killed 164 people, the World Health Organization said yesterday.
More than 221 people caught the virus over the last two weeks, bringing the total number of cases to 451, including those who died.
Most of the cases occurred in White Nile, Sinnar, and Gezira states in eastern Sudan, WHO said. Around two dozen cases were reported in Khartoum State, where three died.
Dr.Mahdi