This follows reports from the World Health Organisation (WHO) indicating that eight people have died in a suspected outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Kagera Region. The government trusts that once ...

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

Speaking at a joint news conference with World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Hassan said that laboratory tests conducted at the Kabaile mobile laboratory in ...

Previously, he served as Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Hubert Kairuki Memorial University in Dar es Salaam Region. Kagera Region is emerging as a promising investment destination, ...

Ugandan officials are preparing to deploy a trial vaccine as part of efforts to stem an outbreak of Ebola in the capital, ...

DAR ES SALAAM - Eight people have been killed in a suspected outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Tanzania's northwestern region of Kagera, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. In a statement ...

Namely the Kagera region has seen 10 active cases reported as Marburg, only two have been confirmed though. Tragically, nine deaths have already been recorded as part of the outbreak putting the ...

In its official X platform, the WHO said that the donated medical supplies shipped from the WHO Regional Emergency Response Hub in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, to Bukoba in the Kagera region ...

KAGERA: THE newly appointed Chief Medical Officer, Dr Grace Magembe and her team arrived in Kagera Region on Thursday to make close follow-up on the reported Marburg Virus Disease after the country ...

There is no authorized vaccine or treatment for Marburg. This is the second outbreak of Marburg in Kagera since 2023. It comes exactly a month after Rwanda, which shares with a border with Kagera ...

Tanzania has confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease after one person tested positive in the Kagera region. President Samia Suluhu Hassan made the announcement during a press briefing ...

Tanzania has confirmed a new case of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region, following 25 negative tests. Dozens of individuals remain under observation as the government works to ...