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Wizara ya Afya imethibitisha visa 61 vya Ugonjwa wa Kipindupindu vilivyorekodiwa katika Kaunti 6, huku Visa 31 vikiripotiwa Katika Kaunti ya Kiambuu pekee kufuatia Sherehe ya Harusi
Kaimu Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa Afya, Dkt. Patrick Amoth amesema Ukame unaoendelea unakwamisha Juhudi za Wizara za Kupambana na Mlipuko huo
Aidha Malawi ilitangaza Mlipuko wa Ugonjwa huo mnamo Mwezi Machi ambapo hadi sasa umesababisha vifo vya zaidi ya Watu 120 huku 4,420 wakiambukizwa
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Ministry of Health has confirmed 61 cholera cases recorded in six counties around the country following a wedding festival held in Kiambu County where 31 cases were reported.
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The other counties are Nairobi (17), Murang'a (1), Kajiado (2), Nakuru (2) and Uasin Gishu (8).
According to the Acting Director-General for Health, Dr Patrick Amoth, of the sixty-one cases confirmed, thirteen are currently hospitalized, eight have been discharged, and forty were treated as outpatients.
“The National Public Health Microbiology Laboratory has isolated Vibrio cholera-01-Ogawa as the responsible serotype,” Dr Amoth said.
All the stakeholders involved have commenced response activities, including field investigations, enhanced surveillance, laboratory testing, case management, risk communication, community engagement, and environmental sanitation to prevent the further spread of the disease and manage the outbreak.
Dr Amoth further mentioned the ongoing drought might have worsened the situation.
“It is therefore the Ministry's decision to put all counties on high alert for possible cholera outbreaks,” he said.
Personnel under the County Directors of Health in the country have been asked to actively search for acute watery diarrhoea in health facilities and communities for missed or unreported cases.
They will also be expected to strengthen surveillance activities up to the village level and ensure 100 percent cases based reporting. "Ensure that all health workers are conversant with the case definition and sensitized to potential Cholera outbreaks.”
According to Dr Amoth, the counties will step up weekly IDSR reporting to ensure that over 90 percent of facilities are reporting.
"Counties are required to improve laboratory capacity for specimen collection and shipment,” said Dr Amoth.
All counties are also required to develop an appropriate preparedness and response plan for the sub-county to prevent the propagation of any potential outbreak and plan for sustained contact tracing.
He further directed the isolation of cholera cases if they get admitted to the wards.
County Health officials will also be required to sensitize the community on safe water practices, the use of latrines, and prompt treatment of diarrhoea cases.
Source: Citizen Digital
Kaimu Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa Afya, Dkt. Patrick Amoth amesema Ukame unaoendelea unakwamisha Juhudi za Wizara za Kupambana na Mlipuko huo
Aidha Malawi ilitangaza Mlipuko wa Ugonjwa huo mnamo Mwezi Machi ambapo hadi sasa umesababisha vifo vya zaidi ya Watu 120 huku 4,420 wakiambukizwa
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Ministry of Health has confirmed 61 cholera cases recorded in six counties around the country following a wedding festival held in Kiambu County where 31 cases were reported.
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The other counties are Nairobi (17), Murang'a (1), Kajiado (2), Nakuru (2) and Uasin Gishu (8).
According to the Acting Director-General for Health, Dr Patrick Amoth, of the sixty-one cases confirmed, thirteen are currently hospitalized, eight have been discharged, and forty were treated as outpatients.
“The National Public Health Microbiology Laboratory has isolated Vibrio cholera-01-Ogawa as the responsible serotype,” Dr Amoth said.
All the stakeholders involved have commenced response activities, including field investigations, enhanced surveillance, laboratory testing, case management, risk communication, community engagement, and environmental sanitation to prevent the further spread of the disease and manage the outbreak.
Dr Amoth further mentioned the ongoing drought might have worsened the situation.
“It is therefore the Ministry's decision to put all counties on high alert for possible cholera outbreaks,” he said.
Personnel under the County Directors of Health in the country have been asked to actively search for acute watery diarrhoea in health facilities and communities for missed or unreported cases.
They will also be expected to strengthen surveillance activities up to the village level and ensure 100 percent cases based reporting. "Ensure that all health workers are conversant with the case definition and sensitized to potential Cholera outbreaks.”
According to Dr Amoth, the counties will step up weekly IDSR reporting to ensure that over 90 percent of facilities are reporting.
"Counties are required to improve laboratory capacity for specimen collection and shipment,” said Dr Amoth.
All counties are also required to develop an appropriate preparedness and response plan for the sub-county to prevent the propagation of any potential outbreak and plan for sustained contact tracing.
He further directed the isolation of cholera cases if they get admitted to the wards.
County Health officials will also be required to sensitize the community on safe water practices, the use of latrines, and prompt treatment of diarrhoea cases.
Source: Citizen Digital
