WHO, the World Health Organization, has confirmed the existence of a new outbreak of the Marburg virus, a disease that has ...

THE East African Community (EAC) has expressed its unwavering solidarity with Tanzania and other key stakeholders following the confirmation of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak in Kagera Region.

The Ministry of Health has intensified surveillance and screening at all 26 ports of entry into the country in the wake of ...

Trump issued executive orders that withdrew the US from WHO and halted USAID funding, which also keeps people uninformed of ...

Even if programs are allowed to resume after the 90-day freeze, much of the damage—not just to the recipients of USAID ...

Rwanda faced a Marburg virus outbreak among health workers in the capital Kigali, challenging the nation’s health system and testing its pandemic response capabilities.

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

Whenever a Marburg outbreak emerges, it’s alarming because it’s one of the deadliest pathogens to infect humans. There is an ongoing outbreak in Tanzania. The disease, which is similar 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, ...

The government of Mozambique has activated surveillance measures after the confirmation of cases of Marburg virus disease in Tanzania. The disease causes haemorrhagic fever and belongs to the same ...

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is actively supporting the response to an outbreak of Marburg virus in Tanzania’s Kagera region, which is being led by the Ministry of Health. The outbreak was declared ...