18 October 2000
As of 18 October, the Ministry of Health has reported 94 cases, including 39 deaths.
The cases are focused on Aswa county and Gulu municipality in Gulu district. (see map below). Unconfirmed reports of cases in a neighbouring district of Kitgum are being investigated by the operational task force. A National Task Force for the Control of Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers has been established under the authority of the Ministry of Health, with WHO coordinating the international response to the outbreak. Teams from Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) International, Epicentre (France) and WHO Collaborating Centre at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (United States) are participating in the response.
Surveillance is under way in Gulu and isolation facilities are in place. Training courses for district health personnel in unaffected districts will be held.
Map of Uganda
The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on
this map do not imply the expression of an
opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal
status of any country,
territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its
frontiers or boundaries.