THE government has confirmed that one person has died in an outbreak of the Marburg virus disease in Kagera Region, with another patient receiving treatment at Biharamulo Hospital. Dr Ntuli Kapologwe, ...

MARA Regional Commissioner Col. Alfred Mtambi has urged residents to take necessary precautions to protect themselves from the threat of Marburg virus infections. Speaking at a meeting early this week ...

Storyline: The Tanzanian government is taking decisive action to combat the resurgence of Marburg virus disease (MVD), ...

Rwanda swiftly brought its recent outbreak of Marburg to a close at the end of December. The government’s response — which took less than three months — was seen as a blueprint on how to ...

How can Marburg virus disease infections be prevented? There is no vaccine or treatment for Marburg virus disease. If you are or have been in a region where a Marburg virus disease outbreak has ...

Symptoms of Marburg virus disease are similar to those of other viral haemorrhagic fevers, such as Ebola disease, and of infectious diseases like malaria or typhoid. Diagnosis can be difficult, ...

Dar Es Salaam: Amid the Marburg virus disease outbreak in Tanzania's northwestern region, the World Health Organization (WHO) airlifted 1.4 tonnes of medical supplies and commodities on Saturday. In ...

Psaki is a former U.S. coordinator for global health security of the National Security Council. On Saturday, Jan. 11, as we entered the final week of the Biden-Harris administration, I got a call ...

6 Weekly press releases made by the Director General of Africa CDC and the Minister of Health of Rwanda were crucial in optimally communicating the epidemic and response situation of mpox and Marburg ...

Tanzania is grappling with another outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus, which has claimed at least eight lives in the north-western Kagera region. The confirmation came after a laboratory in ...

Nairobi: An outbreak of the Marburg virus has killed nine people in Tanzania, Africa's health agency said Thursday, up from eight suspected deaths reported by the World Health Organization last week.