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Epidemic Hazard – South Sudan, Blue Nile State, [Albow Locality] : Hepatitis Outbreak

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28.02.2013 Epidemic Hazard South Sudan Blue Nile State, [Albow Locality] Damage level Details

Epidemic Hazard in South Sudan on Thursday, 28 February, 2013 at 06:21 (06:21 AM) UTC.

Description
The population of Albow locality in Blue Nile state is complaining about the high incidence of hepatitis in the area, although the exact death toll remains inconclusive. Locals told Radio Dabanga on Wednesday that at least 20 people died of the disease and that some 300 are infected. However, the general director of the state’s ministry of health Dr. Amir El-Sheikh says that three people have died so far including a pregnant woman in the El-Shahid area. He denied the increasing incidence of hepatitis among citizens, although sources expressed their discontent to Radio Dabanga about the state’s “delay” in dealing with the epidemic.
Biohazard name: Hepatitis (x) Outbreak
Biohazard level: 2/4 Medium
Biohazard desc.: Bacteria and viruses that cause only mild disease to humans, or are difficult to contract via aerosol in a lab setting, such as hepatitis A, B, and C, influenza A, Lyme disease, salmonella, mumps, measles, scrapie, dengue fever, and HIV. “Routine diagnostic work with clinical specimens can be done safely at Biosafety Level 2, using Biosafety Level 2 practices and procedures. Research work (including co-cultivation, virus replication studies, or manipulations involving concentrated virus) can be done in a BSL-2 (P2) facility, using BSL-3 practices and procedures. Virus production activities, including virus concentrations, require a BSL-3 (P3) facility and use of BSL-3 practices and procedures”, see Recommended Biosafety Levels for Infectious Agents.
Symptoms:
Status: confirmed

2 dead and 45 infected with hepatitis in Blue Nile

BAU (6 Feb.)

Two people have died and 45 others are infected with hepatitis, according to medical sources in Bau, Sudan’s Blue Nile state.

The outbreak in this area follows the spread of the condition throughout the Maban county refugee camps in South Sudan’s Upper Nile, where the majority of residents are from Blue Nile state.

Sources reported that a medical team was sent to the area by Sudan’s Ministry of Health with the purpose of conducting an assessment of the spread.

Director General for the Blue Nile state ministry of health, Dr Amir el-Sheikh Hussein, confirmed in a press statement the relative stability of public health in the state.  “The disease is now confined to a populated area of Bau and its outskirts,” Hussein claimed.

He attributed the outbreak to poor hygiene and lack of facilities for sewage disposal, treatment and management.

He also confirmed that the disease is not considered an epidemic and claimed that it was brought under control by investigation team along with with clinical treatment.  The Director General stressed the need to develop a clear plan for the upcoming season in order to comprehensively address the issue of epidemiological diseases.



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