| Event: | EP Epidemic |
| Number: | 2007-000219 |
| Country: | UGA Uganda |
| Location: | Bundibugyo district |
| Date (YMD): | 2007-11-30 |
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| Information Source: | IFRC DREF Bulletin, 30 Nov 2007 |
| Comments: | The Ugandan Ministry of Health (MoH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in Uganda have confirmed an outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in the Bundibugyo District located in the South-Western region of Uganda, along the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. 51 suspected cases within various health units in the Bundibugyo District have been reported and 15 deaths -- a case fatality rate of 29.4 per cent.
Some 14 villages had been affected by 29 November, including Kikyo, Kabango, Ntandi, Butolya, Bugharama and Kizufo. Other areas affected are Buyaya, Butantagua, Bulhambago, Bundimwali I, Bugharama II and Bulhambaghiri localities. |
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