Marburg Virus Outbreak in Equatorial Guinea: Need for Speed
The co-existence of deadly viral pandemics can be considered a nightmare for public health authorities. The surge of a Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Africa at a time when the coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic is partially controlled with its limited resources is an urgent call for concern...
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| author | Kengo Nathan Ezie Berjo Dongmo Takoutsing Diele Modeste Miste Zourmba Ines Tatsadjieu Ngoune Leopoldine Sybile Nformi Monde Caleb Ignatius N. Esene |
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| description | The co-existence of deadly viral pandemics can be considered a nightmare for public health authorities. The surge of a Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Africa at a time when the coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic is partially controlled with its limited resources is an urgent call for concern. Over the past decades, several bouts of MVD outbreaks have occurred in Africa with an alarming case fatality rate. Despite this, little has been done to end its recurrence, and affected countries essentially depend on preventative rather than curative measures of management. The recent outbreak of MVD declared by the health officials of Equatorial Guinea, causing several deaths in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, signals the need for speed in the establishment and the implementation of appropriate health policies and health system strategies to contain, destroy, and prevent the spread of this deadly virus to other neighboring countries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4c10f6525649409692af9f3ee7864b612024-02-13T07:27:36ZengUbiquity PressAnnals of Global Health2214-99962024-01-019015510.5334/aogh.41784178Marburg Virus Outbreak in Equatorial Guinea: Need for SpeedKengo Nathan Ezie0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4357-0356Berjo Dongmo Takoutsing1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8993-2060Diele Modeste2https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7061-5875Miste Zourmba Ines3https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1136-5337Tatsadjieu Ngoune Leopoldine Sybile4https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6971-1828Nformi Monde Caleb5https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0549-0123Ignatius N. Esene6https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8785-8875Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of Garoua, University of Garoua Cameroon; Research Division, Winners Foundation, YaoundeResearch Division, Winners Foundation, Yaounde; Research Department, Association of Future African Neurosurgeons, YaoundeFaculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of Garoua, University of Garoua Cameroon; Research Division, Winners Foundation, YaoundeFaculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of Garoua, University of Garoua Cameroon; Research Division, Winners Foundation, YaoundeFaculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of Garoua, University of Garoua Cameroon; Research Division, Winners Foundation, YaoundeFaculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of Garoua, University of Garoua Cameroon; Research Division, Winners Foundation, Yaounde, CameroonResearch Division, Winners Foundation, Yaounde; Faculty of Health Science, University of Bamenda, BambiliThe co-existence of deadly viral pandemics can be considered a nightmare for public health authorities. The surge of a Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Africa at a time when the coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic is partially controlled with its limited resources is an urgent call for concern. Over the past decades, several bouts of MVD outbreaks have occurred in Africa with an alarming case fatality rate. Despite this, little has been done to end its recurrence, and affected countries essentially depend on preventative rather than curative measures of management. The recent outbreak of MVD declared by the health officials of Equatorial Guinea, causing several deaths in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, signals the need for speed in the establishment and the implementation of appropriate health policies and health system strategies to contain, destroy, and prevent the spread of this deadly virus to other neighboring countries.https://account.annalsofglobalhealth.org/index.php/up-j-agh/article/view/4178equatorial guineadisease outbreaksmarburg virus diseaseviral hemorrhagic fever |
| spellingShingle | Kengo Nathan Ezie Berjo Dongmo Takoutsing Diele Modeste Miste Zourmba Ines Tatsadjieu Ngoune Leopoldine Sybile Nformi Monde Caleb Ignatius N. Esene Marburg Virus Outbreak in Equatorial Guinea: Need for Speed Annals of Global Health equatorial guinea disease outbreaks marburg virus disease viral hemorrhagic fever |
| title | Marburg Virus Outbreak in Equatorial Guinea: Need for Speed |
| title_full | Marburg Virus Outbreak in Equatorial Guinea: Need for Speed |
| title_fullStr | Marburg Virus Outbreak in Equatorial Guinea: Need for Speed |
| title_full_unstemmed | Marburg Virus Outbreak in Equatorial Guinea: Need for Speed |
| title_short | Marburg Virus Outbreak in Equatorial Guinea: Need for Speed |
| title_sort | marburg virus outbreak in equatorial guinea need for speed |
| topic | equatorial guinea disease outbreaks marburg virus disease viral hemorrhagic fever |
| url | https://account.annalsofglobalhealth.org/index.php/up-j-agh/article/view/4178 |
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