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 حمى الوادي المتصدّع: WHO Friday Warning
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Geneva - The World Health Organisation (WHO) Friday warned that Rift Valley Fever (RVF) has spread rapidly in Sudan, with 218 fatalities and 631 infections since its outbreak in October
The current estimates are a steep rise from the November figures provided by Sudan's health ministry which spoke of 362 cases, including 94 deaths, WHO said in a statement
Human infections of RVF result from direct or indirect contact with blood or organs of infected animals, according to WHO, which can include contact with blood during butchering, assisting with animal births, or disposing of carcasses
Humans have also become infected after being bitten by mosquitoes carrying the virus, or after drinking unpasteurised milk
The virus was first identified among sheep in the Rift Valley of Kenya in 1931. While it has spread through sub-Sahran and North Africa, the first cases of RVF were reported in Saudi Arabia and Yemen in 2000. - Sapa-AFP
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_Central%20A...1221202059951C446505
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Re: حمى الوادي المتصدّع: WHO Friday Warning (Re: Mohamed Omer)
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Sudanese celebrate Eid in turmoil over slaughter
Vets in Khartoum criticised the government for not acting with transparency
"The government should have been honest with the people and talked with transparency," said one vet in Khartoum who declined to be named. "The people got panicked"
The vet said the government should have issued guidelines on how to deal with meat and taken precautions such as spraying pesticides given the heavier than usual rains this year. Well-cooked meat and boiled milk is safe
"We have a history of the disease since 1931 and some say even earlier ... this was to be expected," the vet said
Sudan has in the past denied outbreaks of diseases. Earlier this year Kharotum denied an outbreak of cholera in the east announced by the World Health Organisation
Sudan Tribune Newspaper
http://www.sudaneseonline.com/spip.php?article25246
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Mohamed Omer
Osman Musa
فيس بوك
تويتر
انستقرام
يوتيوب
بنتيريست