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Mandritsara

Suspected plague is thirteen dead

An epidemic with symptoms similar to those of the plague had killed thirteen people Mandritsara . Confirmation is expected from the Pasteur Institute of Madagascar .

A strange phenomenon shakes Ampatakamavoreny villagers in the district Mandritsara . Local source , since the beginning of this week, an epidemic like the plague would have occurred , killing thirteen people one after the other . Villagers tell of panic since they live .

" The villagers of Ampatakamavoreny set fire to the grass around. Rats were thus fled to the village. Without warning , a man of 54 years died .

At the funeral , a tradition that all the villagers take part in the bath and dressing the deceased , and everybody respected him . Three hours later, seven people have also died one after the other , "recalls a source attached to the phone , afraid of what is happening . The drama did not stop there.

Some people who attended the wake and funeral are also dead because of this strange epidemic. According to this local source always , it was difficult to control the epidemic especially as the village is located 120 kilometers from Mandritsara and is accessible only by motorcycle.
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Population Mandritsara so feared the spread of disease to other villages whose inhabitants attended the funeral. Asked about the situation Mandritsara , an official from the office of the Ministry of Public Health wishes not advance anything affirmative .

" Impaired symptoms have killed people Mandritsara . The results of analyzes of the Pasteur Institute of Madagascar are expected to confirm whether this is the plague or not, " he mentioned.

In any case, the fever remains a public health problem in the country and in the rainy season , new plague outbreaks may occur.

Michella Raharisoa

Saturday, December 7, 2013

http://www.lexpressmada.com/mandritsara-madagascar/48724-une-suspicion-de-peste-fait-treize-morts.html

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Madagascar : the Ministry of Health does not confirm the plague to Mandritsara ( northeast )

French.china.org.cn | Updated 10-12-2013

The Malagasy Ministry of Public Health has not so far confirmed the plague to Mandritsara , northeast of Madagascar , following the related information relayed by the local media since Tuesday morning.

Reached by telephone by Xinhua , the chief of staff said department , John Alberto Bam Razafindrabe , confessed that the Department can not yet confirm the existence of the plague in Mandritsara leading to over forty deaths.

An expert from the plague in the same department , Dr. Adolphe said " we do not have data to provide, since the procedure of confirmation of the epidemic is not over yet. It speaks to the moment of " suspect ", but laboratory diagnosis confirming the plague is not yet finished yet, " he said.

An official within the Pasteur Institute of Madagascar (IPM), told Xinhua that a team of hotel en route and tried to reach the area since last Sunday , but it can not yet do the exact toll situation .

"For the moment , no official information can be given on this case ," said he said.

Note that the local media reported 23 to 40 deaths from the epidemic of bubonic plague in a small village Mandritsara . Plague is a disease carried by the chip essentially black rats and has resurfaced in the highlands between the months of November and April , during the rainy season and the hot and humid season. Fi

Source: Xinhua

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Mandritsara

Twenty-one deaths attributed to the plague

The number of deadly epidemic raging at Mandritsara pass from thirteen to twenty-one. The results of analyzes of the Pasteur Institute of Madagascar are expected.

Suspected plague amplifies Mandritsara . Friday, the latest information on site had reported thirteen dead. Yesterday , an independent source identified twenty-one.

" The villagers believe that what happens is bad luck so they used a bone-setter ( dadarabe ) . Returned to his village , it would also died , and his wife two days later , "says the source.

This tragedy occurred in the village of Ambiamamy . The bodies were buried in the village nearby. After the burial, six other people were killed one after the other . They are villagers Ambiamamy and Ambodimanga in fokontany Sahakondro . The delay in care have increased the number of dead.

"These areas are inaccessible, they are a hundred kilometers District Mandritsara so far from a proper care ," laments independent source.

The people of Sahakondro and live in panic when they can not flee their villages for fear of spreading the disease .
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The Ministry of Health currently made however disinfection to stop the carnage . Twenty-two people have benefited from a mobile medical treatment , doctors moving patients .

"It's really worrying thing is happening here , it is unclear who will die tomorrow or after tomorrow. The authorities must do more necessary because we do not know if other people carrying the epidemic is found in other villages , far from any treatment, " complained Filo Bernard , a Ampatakamavoreny capita reached by telephone .

It is in his village that died were recorded after firing bushes , forcing the rats to reach the villages . The Ministry of Health ensure that drugs are sufficient to treat the villagers but in no case transfer to hospital Mandritsara is possible to prevent the spread . The results of the Pasteur Institute of Madagascar are expected to confirm whether this is the plague or not.

Michella Raharisoa
Tuesday, December 10, 2013

http://www.lexpressmada.com/mandritsara-madagascar/48779-vingt-et-un-deces-imputes-a-la-peste.html

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10 December 2013 Last updated at 12:24 ET
Madagascar village 'hit by bubonic plague'

A village in Madagascar has been hit by a deadly outbreak of the bubonic plague, medical experts on the island have confirmed.

Test were carried out after at least 20 people in the village, near the north-western town of Mandritsara, were reported to have died last week.

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The Pasteur Institute of Madagascar confirmed on Tuesday that tests taken from bodies in the village last week showed that they had died of the bubonic plague.
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10 October 2013 Last updated at 00:00 ET
Madagascar bubonic plague warning

Madagascar faces a bubonic plague epidemic unless it slows the spread of the disease, experts have warned.

The Red Cross and Pasteur Institute say inmates in the island's rat-infested jails are particularly at risk.

The number of cases rises each October as hot humid weather attracts fleas, which transmit the disease from rats and other animals to humans.

Madagascar had 256 plague cases and 60 deaths last year, the world's highest recorded number.
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Article published on: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 05:37 - Last updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 05:39

Cases of pneumonic plague identified in the north of Madagascar

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The hearth of the epidemic is in a secluded town north -east, a hundred kilometers from the city of Mandritsara . After several days of uncertainty , the epidemic is confirmed by the authorities .

"It is true that this plague is pneumonic plague , admits Herlyne Ramihantaniarivo , Director General of Health in the Ministry . The disease began in the district Mandritsara , which recorded 21 deaths so far . "

The local village is remote from health centers . The delay in diagnosis and management have exacerbated the situation. Lamina Arthur , the office of the World Health Organization in Madagascar , said that " people have used traditional medicine , so a treatment that is not appropriate . This is complicated in the pulmonary form . Once the disease becomes pneumonic form , becomes human to human transmission , man to man , with a very high mortality as pneumonic plague is fatal. "

Cases have also appeared on the east coast ( Soanierana Ivongo ) , and in other areas in the west ( Bongolava region ) and the southeast of the island ( Ikongo district ) . The authorities have reported 36 deaths in total since September.

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Suspected plague extends into the Analanjirofo

Patients can not be brought to the hospital Soanierana Ivongo to prevent others from being contaminated

The number of deaths would be extending from Mandritsara to Soanierana Ivongo . Since last week , a suspected plague shakes residents in these communities. Yesterday, twenty -one deaths have been reported at Mandritsara . From a reliable source in the district of Soanierana Ivongo , panic becomes more general , after the death of a woman who attended the burial of one of her relatives in the village of Ampatakamavoreny at Mandritsara , where the epidemic began to rage .

"She had attended the burial of one of her relatives in Ampatakamavoreny Mandritsara . Returning home friday in Ambodirafia village fokontany Ambavala , rural Ambahoabe to Soanierana Ivongo , she caught the fever and the same symptoms as those of the victims Mandritsara reports the source, concerned about what is happening in her village. The health of this lady would have deteriorated because of the delay of care, the source added .
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"Her husband went to a doctor , but , as the village is located far from the city , and the lack of means of transport, he did not returned until Sunday but it was too late , his wife died . The same day, seven other villagers were killed after performing the funeral of the deceased bath , worries the same contact . The Minister of Public Health can not manage to follow the expansion of plague .

He calms the mind and dodge any questions in connection with the epidemic , according to local sources , have killed , until Monday , twenty -eight people in Mandritsara and Soanierana Ivongo . "This is a delicate subject. There is no evidence that it is the plague. In fifteen days the Pasteur Institute of Madagascar will tell if these people died of the plague or not. What happens in these communities remains a suspicion of this epidemic , "said a member of the Cabinet of the Ministry of Public Health, under cover of anonymity.

Michella Raharisoa
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

http://www.lexpressmada.com/epidemie-madagascar/48834-la-suspicion-de-peste-s-etend-dans-l-analanjirofo.html

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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25342122

11 December 2013 Last updated at 14:48 ET
Madagascar hit by 'pneumonic and bubonic plague'

Two cases of pneumonic plague - more deadly than bubonic plague - have been reported in Madagascar, a health official has told the BBC.

It comes after it was confirmed that there was a deadly outbreak of the bubonic plague in a village in the north-west of the island...

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The plague grows

The Ministry of Public Health have made his mea culpa on the extent of the plague Tuesday during the Governing Council held in Mahazoarivo .

"Communication on the apparent increase in deaths from plague and alarm and mobilization necessary phase advocated by the Ministry of Public Health, was approved" , said the statement of the Governing Council . The exact number of dead people , the form of the plague and the actions to be taken , however, remain unknown.

The Ministry of Health is however facing a budgetary restriction. "We must await the results of investigation by the ministry teams for Statistics and identify accompanying measures' , dropped a source at the Ministry of Health.

A head of an NGO working in the region Analanjirofo does not share this view . "The remote areas are the main center of this deadly disease. ( ...) We must send a helicopter urgently to save these people, " he calls .

Vonjy Radasimalala

Thursday, December 12, 2013

http://www.lexpressmada.com/sante-madagascar/48856-l-epidemie-de-peste-prend-de-l-ampleur.html

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Plague outbreak in Madagascar 'kills 39'
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Antananarivo ? A plague spread by rats has killed 39 people in recent weeks in Madagascar, the health ministry said Thursday.

"There is an epidemic in Madagascar which is currently affecting five districts (out of 112). Eighty-six people have been inflicted by the plague, of which 39 have died," said the ministry in a statement read to AFP.

A doctor in the ministry in Antananarivo said 90 percent of the cases were diagnosed as pneumonic plague, a vicious strain, which can kill within three days, leaving little time for antibiotics to work.

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Fight against the plague: Focus awareness, according to the Ministry of Public Health
December 14th, 2013


The existence of the plague epidemic in the country is now confirmed, after the discovery of 84 cases, 39 people were killed, from five districts (Mandritsara Soanierana Ivongo, Ikongo, Tsiroanomandidy ary Ikalamavony) , last week. This means that there is fear, not to say that the alert is lifted. In fact, one of the main reasons which caused the multitude of victims, was the delay of medical interventions, caused by the access to these places difficulty. "Note that some of these places where you found these cases are very isolated. To get there, like the district Mandritsara, must be 110 km in 4 ? 4, then travel 40 km on foot. So doctors could not get there in time, "says Dr. Carmen Randriamanampisoa, the Director of Health Promotion at the Ministry of Public Health. Faced with all this, she said that awareness of the Malagasy population must be paramount and preferred that such situation does not happen again. This is because according to her, the Malagasy have not enough information about the disease and its severity. In any case, it reassures: "The ministry is conducting an intense awareness, implementing its various branches, such as CBS, the CSBII, hospitals, ...". In addition, community workers would also be in full awareness level "fokontany." "And communication managers located in all regions and all districts are also the same," she continues.

Lack of resources. In addition, Dr. Carmen Randriamanampisoa insists that everyone must be involved in this fight. "This, because the department can not only lead this struggle due to lack of financial and material resources as the country is in crisis." "This fight should not only be for the department, but that of everyone, from every home. And all sectors should also assess the impact of their activities on human health, "she adds.

Free drugs. In any case, it is reassuring that for the moment, this disease is now about to be controlled, especially in the places indicated. The department distributed free medicines to the population of the most vulnerable places, and has already sent teams strengthened on land, in collaboration with WHO and the Pasteur Institute. "We took all necessary measures to eradicate it. But everyone must always be on guard and immediately consult doctors suspected. "Note that two kinds of pests were recorded in Madagascar, bubonic and pneumonic plague (the latter can be transmitted directly from one person to another). And symptoms are always the same: fever, headache, lymph node, cough with sputum tinged with blood, intense and rapid fatigue. Knowing that this disease from rats, Dr. Carmen R. reiterates that "for killing these creatures should not be poisoned, but captured alive and be burned alive to prevent their fleas can not escape." In sum, it urges all individuals to preserve cleanliness. http://www.midi-madagasikara.mg/soci...ante-publique/

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Friday, December 13, 2013

- The plague raged in 5 regions: 41 people have died of the plague since September 2013. Five (5) regions are primarily affected, it is the regions Sofia, Matsiatra Ambony, Vatovavy Fitovinany and Bongolava. This is the Sofia region that suffers the most from this scourge where 21 cases of plague have been checked and confirmed. The Department of Health admits that plague took exceptionally momentum this year 2013 and this time it turned out that the pneumonic plague strikes in certain regions. Measures have been taken and the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pasteur Institute are on the ground to eradicate this epidemic.http://www.madagascar-tribune.com/Vite-dit,19427.html

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14 D?cembre 2013 08:27

..The latest statistics speak of 41 deaths and 96 people infected in the space of three months. Mandritsara district in the North East of the island, is on alert . The delay in diagnosis and management have exacerbated the situation. Emergency measures were taken to stop the outbreak of this epidemic, including a campaign of extermination and temporary evacuations of populations at risk. The epidemic is spread by rats pushed houses including uncontrolled deforestation of the island.A doctor Branch of Health in Antananarivo said that 90% of cases took the form of pneumonic plague is worse than the most common form ( bubonic plague or Black Death ), because it can kill in three days. Garbage, poor sanitation and lack of respect for hygiene conducive to the spread of the disease. The capital is more than ever a place at risk. Scientists at the Pasteur Institute of Madagascar are particularly concerned that these cases occur outside the period usually spreads the plague .http://www.lagazette-dgi.com/index.p...6226&Itemid=57

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..."The first death occurred in November in a remote village , 110 km plus a walk of 40 km from the city of Mandritsara . Delay care and ignorance of people about the disease pushed its spread to other villages , "suggests Dr. Carmen Randriamanampisoa ( DPS) .
The Department ensures that teams in partnership with the World Health Organization and the Pasteur Institute of Madagascar would
already in place to support the sick and all those in contact with them.
difficult control
It will, however , difficult to control this epidemic especially as far quarantine affected villages would no longer be in force, according to the same source. Thus , some " plague " they continue to do a marathon one village to another in search of a healer or doctor so that mobility facilitates the spread of the plague. "When you have a fever , headache , glands, cough with blood-tinged sputum , rapid intense fatigue ... do not wait another day , go immediately to the doctor because it may very well treat the plague , " Dr. Carmen calls Randriamanampisoa .
Personal hygiene , dress, that of housing, enclosures and catching rats to burn are the best preventions against the plague. With tons of garbage and dirt in the Andriantany channel, it will be difficult for Antananarivo to prevent this deadly scourge that seems to be closer to them after the event identified Tsiroanomandidy .
Michella Raharisoa
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Madagascar: A teenager died of bubonic plague in a commune located about twenty kilometres from Tananarive

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While two suspected outbreaks of bubonic plague i n the districts of Mandritsara (Sofia region) and of Soanierana Ivongo (region of Analanjirofo) located in the northeast of Madagascar are located since last week, a 17 years old adolescent died on Saturday night of fever in the town of Ambanitsena, about 20 kilometers from the capital, in the district of Manjakandriana.

The first preliminary tests performed using specific strips by a physician were positive.

The pasteur Institute of Madagascar must nevertheless confirm that bubonic plague is actually responsible for the death of the teenager, according to the newspaper L'Express de Madagascar.
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