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Walvis Bay – The Ministry of Health and Human Services in the Erongo area, several local authorities and the governor's office are on alert for more cases of "death." Hepatitis E, after four HIV-positive people in Swakopmund
Cases were detected in Mondesa and DRC. The Acting Regional Director of Health, Dr. Amir Shakir, said yesterday that there were 32 other suspected cases whose results are outstanding.
He explained that samples of the cases were sent to South Africa and that the diagnosis would take about two weeks. Measures against the spread of the virus have already begun
Namibia has been fighting the disease since last October with more than 500 confirmed cases and at least 14 deaths since the beginning of the epidemic.
Hepatitis E is contracted fecally Cleophas Mutjavikua, governor of the Erongo region, said yesterday in New Era that he had been informed by Dr. Shakir, about whom he has alerted all cities and settlements in the area to educate residents.
"As we speak, we are on the verge of meeting urgently with all the mayors and health officials of the local authorities so that we can undertake an awareness campaign. Lilliane Kahuika of the Department of Epidemiology Department of Health told New Era that case detection is treated as an epidemic and will receive urgent attention.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization Health (WHO) reports that although hepatitis A, B and C are common in Namibia, hepatitis E is rarely diagnosed in the country.As a result, the country has limited capacity for laboratory diagnosis of the disease. E. Hepatitis E.
In addition, the majority of hepatitis E cases have been reported in informal settlements where living conditions are poor.
These areas are overcrowded and have limited access to drinking water, a sanitation and hygiene
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