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Uganda: Marburg Outbreak DREF operation n° MDRUG030 Final Report

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CHF 119,598 has been allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 5 November 2012 to support the Uganda Red Cross Society in delivering immediate assistance to 1,160 persons (200 households) directly and 1,819,507 persons indirectly. Unearmarked funds to repay DREF are encouraged.

Summary:
An outbreak of Marburg haemorrhagic fever was confirmed by the Ministry of Health and World health Organisation (WHO) on Friday 19 October 2012 in Kabale district in Western Uganda. The outbreak was declared after laboratory tests done at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) confirming three samples positive of the highly infectious viral haemorrhagic fever.Uganda Red Cross Society, with the support of IFRC, quickly responded to the outbreak with the mobilization of 150 volunteers to support in relief distributions of nonfood items to affected families, provision of psychosocial support and the dissemination of health education and awareness messages through local media as well as door-to-door household visits. The overall total number of people supported directly by this operation was 150 families, below the original target of 200 families as the actual registration, anticipated to reach or exceed 200, did not happen. The balance of sets of 50 non-food items will be absorbed into URCS’s disaster preparedness stocks.

The Belgian Red Cross and government contributed to the replenishment of the DREF allocation made for this operation. The major donors and partners of DREF include the Australian, American and Belgian governments, the Austrian Red Cross, the Canadian Red Cross and government, Danish Red Cross and government, European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (DG ECHO), the Irish and the Italian governments, the Japanese Red Cross Society, the Luxembourg government, the Monaco Red Cross and government, the Netherlands Red Cross and government, the Norwegian Red Cross and government, the Spanish Government, the Swedish Red Cross and government, the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID), the Medtronic and Z Zurich Foundations, and other corporate and private donors. The IFRC, on behalf of the Burundi Red Cross Society, would like to extend thanks to all for their generous contributions. Details of DREF contributions are found on: http://www.ifrc.org/docs/appeals/Active/MAA00010_2012.pdf