Headline : Tanzania: Govt Steps Up Anti Marburg Campaign

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Bukoba — THE government has continued to strengthen measures to control further spread of Marburg disease detected in Kagera Region, including employing over 1,300 Community Health Workers (CHWs) who will be deployed to the region's villages.

Minister for Health Ms Ummy Mwalimu said on Saturday in Kagera Region said that to start with the Community Health Workers will be dispatched to Bukoba District Council and Bukoba Municipal Council here, each hamlet being allocated with two CHWs, one for each village and three for each street.

The minister arrived in Kagera on Saturday with the aim of knowing the disease status where she received a report from a team of experts led by Chief Medical Officer Prof Tumaini Nagu which was tasked to monitor the progress of the disease.

"The government has taken swift action by employing a total of 1,322 CHWs who will be dispatched to all villages in the region as part of the efforts to intensify control measures of the disease," she said.

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