WHO's effort to ending Marburg outbreak in Tanzania
On 16 March 2023, Tanzania reported an outbreak of an acute febrile illness, which was later confirmed to be Marburg Virus Disease.
WHO supported the Ministry of Health with coordination, surveillance, contact tracing, identification, and management of cases and infection prevention and control. Technical officers were also deployed to support coordination, surveillance, and all other components through an Incident Management System (IMS).
The outbreak was declared ended on 2nd June 2023, after observation of 2 incubation periods (42 days) with no confirmed case of MVD.
