2023-11-14 01:17:00
A joint Russian-Burkinabe team is working in the fight against dengue fever in Burkina Faso, which has to date caused at least 400 deaths in the country, we learned on Monday from an official source.
A Russian medical delegation is currently staying in Burkina Faso and visited the National Reference Laboratory for Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (LNR-FHV) to provide its expertise. On this occasion, reagent kits from Russia will be made available to the laboratory to strengthen its capabilities in the face of dengue fever, Burkina Faso Minister of Health and Public Hygiene, Robert Kargougou, said in a press release.
The head of the Russian delegation, General Azarov, said that the Russian experts had come to find out the needs of the country in order to provide the support it needed most.
In the town of Bobo-Dioulasso, one of the main centers of the disease, in western Burkina Faso, the Russian delegation, together with the Burkinabè team, deployed a mobile laboratory to carry out screening tests for the disease. dengue fever, according to local sources.
To combat dengue fever, the Burkinabe Ministry of Health has recommended, among other things, the wearing of clothing that covers, the use of repellents and mosquito nets impregnated with insecticides as well as spraying in homes.
Dengue is a viral infection that spreads from mosquitoes to humans. It is more common in tropical and subtropical climates, health professionals point out.
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