Disease

Measles - Ukraine - Update

In a follow-up to a recent report about measles in Ukraine, the Health Ministry said Friday that some 3,382 cases of measles were detected in Ukraine during 11 months of 2017, including five deaths. The five measles fatalities were reported from Odesa region.

Uganda - Haemorrhagic Fever

Four people have now died in Uganda this week from an 'eye-bleeding fever' similar to Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic fever, but Health Department officials remain vague about a possible outbreak of the disease in efforts to avoid panic among the population.