Russia’s consumer health agency has disclosed that it is in touch with Ugandan Health Authorities to monitor the outbreak of the dancing disease in Kampala which causes shivering and walking difficulties among infected people.
The department’s press service reported on Wednesday.
In a bid to help Uganda address the deancing illness also known as the ‘dinga dinga’ disease, Moscow’s human welfare watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, has disclosed that it is monitoring the situation in the East African country.
The department’s press service reported on Wednesday, a surveillance system has been put in place at Russian border checkpoints to identify people with symptoms of infection arriving from “epidemiologically unfavorable” countries.
However, Rospotrebnadzor on Wednesday said “there is no information about the disease on the official websites of the relevant departments of Uganda.”
Daily monitor Uganda last Friday reported that the new disease had infected around 300 people, mostly women and girls, in the southwestern Bundibugyo District, which borders the Democratic Republic of Congo.
No deaths have been recorded as a result of the ‘Dinga Dinga’ illness, which started spreading several months ago, the newspaper reveavled citing District Health Officer Kiyita Christopher.
According to Kiyita, the disease is mostly self-healing, and in severe cases, doctors have successfully treated it with antibiotics
In a high-level meeting on the sidelines of Russian Healthcare Week in Moscow earlier this month, Ugandan Health Ministry official Joseph Okware reportedly identified infectious diseases, emergency medical services, electronic medical records, and training of healthcare specialists as key areas where Russia can help Uganda.
Cooperation between Russia and Uganda continues to witness an upward trend. In April, Ugandan Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja invited Russia to collaborate on pharmaceuticals, diagnostic equipment, and vaccines.
According to sources, she made the request at the first Russian-African International Conference on Combating Infectious Diseases in the African nation’s capital, Kampala.
