Jan 23, 2025 · The World Health Organization (WHO) had received reports of a cluster of Marburg virus disease (Marburg) cases, including eight deaths in the Kagera region in northwest Tanzania. Marburg is a rare but severe hemorrhagic fever, similar to Ebola virus disease, that can cause serious illness and death.

Jan 20, 2025 · Tanzania previously reported an outbreak of Marburg in March 2023 – the country’s first – in Kagera region, in which a total of nine cases (eight confirmed and one probable) and six deaths were reported, with a case fatality ratio of 67%.

Jan 20, 2025 · ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be fatal in up to 88% of cases without treatment.

On 20 January 2025, the President of the United Republic of Tanzania officially declared an outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) following the detection of one confirmed case from Biharamulo district, Kagera region, located in the northwestern part of the country.

Mar 24, 2023 · The affected region, Kagera, borders three countries (Uganda to the north, and Rwanda and Burundi to the west) and Lake Victoria, and cross-border population movements may increase the risk of disease spread.

Mar 22, 2023 · Tanzania confirmed its first-ever cases of Marburg Virus Disease after conducting laboratory tests in the country’s northwest Kagera region, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a...

4 days ago · Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is supporting the response to an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Tanzania’s Kagera region, following the official declaration of the outbreak by Tanzanian authorities on January 20, 2025. The response is being carried out under the leadership of the Ministry of Health.

Jan 29, 2025 · On Monday 20 January, the President of the Republic of Tanzania confirmed during a press briefing that there was an outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease in the northwestern Kagera region, after one ...

Jan 16, 2025 · Tanzania previously reported an outbreak of Marburg in March 2023 – the country’s first – in Kagera region. Strong measures enabled the outbreak to be controlled and declared over in less than two months. Marburg virus disease is highly virulent and causes haemorrhagic fever.

Jun 12, 2023 · An outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) was declared in Tanzania on 21st March 2023, after the tests conducted on an index case who died some hours after presenting to a health facility in Bukoba with symptoms suggestive of Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHF) which later returned positive.