Equatorial Guinea: Marburg Virus Disease Outbreak - Jan 2023 Updates

On 13 February 2023, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Equatorial Guinea received reports of a cluster of deaths due to an unknown illness in two northeastern districts of the continental region of...

PEOPLE REACHED Emergency Operations 2,750 Disasters and crises 2,750 Health and wellbeing 1,528 Appeal number MAAGQ002 OVERALL PROGRESS Context Equatorial Guinea covers 28,051 square kilometres and...

Approximate date of impact* Marburg disease outbreak that were ongoing in Equatorial Guinea did not expand to Cameroon. This DREF remained in a preparedness scenario. Provide any updates in the...

NATIONAL SOCIETY PROFILE The Red Cross of Equatorial Guinea was established in 1985 by a decree of the President of the Republic and was admitted into the International Federation of Red Cross and...

HIGHLIGHTS Armed conflict and inter-communal clashes escalated dramatically in the eastern DRC, especially in the Kivus and Ituri, displacing of more than 1.1 million people. Conflict in Sudan in...

TIMELINE 6 February 2023: 9 suspicious deaths are reported to the Ministry of Health of Equatorial Guinea, with symptoms similar to viral hemorrhagic fever infection. 13 February 2023: Equatorial...

OVERALL PROGRESS Context Gabon is located on the west coast of Central Africa, bordered by the Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and the Gulf of Guinea. It is one of the least densely...

Glide Number: EP-2023-000027-GNQ Description of the Event Provide any updates in the situation since the field report and eplain what is expected to happen. In sitrep N°2 published on February 25,...

Description of the Event Provide any updates in the situation since the field report and explain what is expected to happen As of June 9th no cases have been reported by the surveillance team of the...

This Weekly Bulletin focuses on public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African region. This week’s articles cover: Suspected anthrax in Ghana Cholera in South Africa Cholera in Democratic...

Highlights The Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak was declared on 13 February 2023 by the Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Equatorial Guinea, being the first ever of its kind in the...

Overview In this edition of the Monthly Operational Update on Health Emergencies, highlights of country-level actions and WHO support to countries include: Sierra Leone conducts Universal Health and...

Bonjour, bon après-midi ou bonsoir. Aujourd’hui, la Guinée équatoriale a déclaré la fin de la flambée de maladie à virus Marburg, 42 jours après la fin du traitement du dernier patient. Cette flambée...

This Weekly Bulletin focuses on public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African region. This week’s articles cover: Marburg in Equatorial Guinea (End of outbreak declaration) Measles in South...

Situation at a glance On 8 June 2023, after two consecutive incubation periods (42 days) without a new confirmed case reported, the Ministry of Health of Equatorial Guinea declared the end of the...

Brazzaville/Malabo – L’épidémie de maladie à virus Marburg en Guinée équatoriale a pris fin aujourd’hui car aucun nouveau cas n’a été signalé pendant les 42 derniers jours qui ont suivi la sortie de...

Although the outbreak has ended, WHO continues to work with Equatorial Guinea to maintain measures such as surveillance and testing to enable prompt action should flare-ups of the virus occur.

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