Disease Outbreaks
Reported
27 October 2000
Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update
11
As of 27 October, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has
reported 191 cases, including 68 deaths.
As described in an earlier
report, the team in Gulu is carrying out its work through these major areas of
activity: coordination and logistics; case management; epidemiological surveillance;
public education; laboratory; and media relations. Several organizations are
participating in these activities in Gulu district and at national level through the
National Task Force for the Control of Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers:
Gulu District
- Ugandan Ministry of Health (District Medical Office staff
and Gulu Hospital)
- Ugandan Local Government Officials
- Ugandan Local Education and Information Offices
- Ugandan People's Defense Forces
- Action Contre la Faim (ACF)
- African Medical and Research Foundation(AMREF-Flying
Doctors)
- Agency for Coordination in Research and Development
(ACORD-UK)
- Catholic Relief Services
- Lacor Hospital (Hospital in Gulu supported by Italian
Cooperation)
- Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS, Italy)
- Médecins sans Frontières -International and Epicentre
- Radio Freedom (Gulu)
- Red Cross (International Committee and National Society)
- Save the Children (Denmark)
- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- World Food Programme (Nairobi)
- World Health Organization (Headquarters, Country and African
Regional Offices)
- World Vision
National Task Force for the Control of Viral Haemorrhagic
Fevers
- Ugandan Ministry of Health
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
- UNICEF
- United Kingdom Department for International Development
(DFID)
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
- World Health Organization (Headquarters, Country and African
Regional Offices)