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Uganda: Ministry of Health Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin week 43 of 2015 (19th – 25th Oct 2015)

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Source: Government of Uganda
Country: Uganda

Cholera in Hoima District:

The outbreak started on 28th September 2015 in Nkondo II village, Nkondo Parish, Kabwoya Sub-county in Hoima District. In the weekly data for week 43, no cholera case was reported by Hoima. Several cases were managed at Nkondo Treatment Centre, until mid-October, when this CTC was closed because there were no more cases (Figure 3). The case that was admitted at Kaiso-Tonya cholera treatment centre on 4th November has been discharged. By 4th November, a total of 180 cases (1 health facility and 5 community deaths; case fatality rate 3%) had been reported (Table 1). The average age is 18.7 years; with 67 years and 1.5 years as maximum and minimum ages respectively. By sex, 105 (62%) of the cases were males, mostly fishermen and children. Twelve samples processed at Central Public Health Laboratories were culture positive for Vibrio cholerae 01 Inaba. Additional 27 samples tested positive with the Cholera rapid diagnostic test


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