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Binh Phuoc: Strengthening surveillance for Marburg disease prevention

Posted on 24 Month 03 2023

The Department of Health of Binh Phuoc province has just issued a written request to medical facilities in the area to strengthen surveillance of Marburg disease prevention and control.

On March 23, the Department of Health of Binh Phuoc province said that it had written a request to medical facilities in the area to strengthen supervision of Marburg disease prevention and control.

Accordingly, the Department of Health requested the Provincial Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Sub-Departments of Population and Family Planning, Health Centers (Centers) of districts, towns, cities and medical examination facilities. medical treatment in the province to strengthen supervision of Marburg disease prevention and control.

*People carry out immigration procedures from Cambodia to Vietnam through Hoa Lu International Border Gate (Binh Phuoc)*

Assign Binh Phuoc CDC to be the focal point, coordinate with the above units to strengthen close monitoring of people on entry, in the community and medical facilities to early detect suspected cases for epidemiological investigation. (note those entering from countries with epidemics in the African region within 21 days); coordinate with the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City to take samples for diagnostic testing; case management (if any) and prevent the disease from spreading to the community.

In addition, fully implement personal protective measures for medical staff and people in contact with suspected/infected cases, so as not to infect health workers as well as spread in the community. copper. The units strictly implement the information and reporting between medical levels and facilities, especially when recording suspected cases.

Marburg virus disease is a rare hemorrhagic disease affecting both humans and animals, with a case fatality rate of up to 88%, according to the Ministry of Health. Marburg is transmitted from person to person through direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with the blood, secretions, organs, or other body fluids of an infected person, and with surfaces and materials. (eg bedding, clothing) contaminated with these fluids.

The incubation period is from 2 to 21 days, with the onset of symptoms of high fever, headache, malaise, then diarrhea, abdominal pain, cramps, nausea, vomiting, and bleeding may appear. There is currently no vaccine or specific treatment for the disease caused by Marburg virus.

* SOURCE: THANH THIEN newspaper https://thanhnien.vn/binh-phuoc-tang-cuong-giam-sat-phong-chong-dich-benh-marburg-185230323124955046.htm

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