حمى الوادي المتصدّع: WHO Friday Warning

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

Continued, integrated intensive social mobilization efforts are urgently needed, using all locally available media, including television and radio channels, as well as community and religious leaders, to ensure that at-risk communities are fully aware of the measures that need to be taken to reduce the risk of human infection


For more information

WHO fact sheet - Rift Valley fever

http://www.who.int/entity/mediacentre/factsheets/fs207/en/index.html

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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