Title: Public Health - Controlling the Marburg outbreak in Angola [Photo Essay]

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Section/SPIG: Health Administration

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International and local experts are working in the African country of Angola to control the largest ever recorded outbreak of Marburg haemorrhagic fever. Marburg fever is a rare but fatal disease caused by a virus from the same family as the Ebola virus. View the excellent photo essay which is a glimpse into the challenges and success stories in controlling this deadly outbreak at <http://www.who.int/features/2005/marburg/en/index.html>.