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Schema showing suspected priority diseases among pilgrims who participated in the survey during the Uganda Martyrs’ commemoration mass gathering, May 25–June 5, 2022.
Schema showing suspected priority diseases among pilgrims who participated in the survey during the Uganda Martyrs’ commemoration mass gathering, May 25–June 5, 2022.</p
Characteristics of pilgrims who participated in the survey during the Uganda Martyrs’ commemoration mass gathering, June 2–5, 2022.
Characteristics of pilgrims who participated in the survey during the Uganda Martyrs’ commemoration mass gathering, June 2–5, 2022.</p
Characteristics of pilgrims who sought medical care from medical tents during the Uganda Martyrs’ commemoration mass gathering, May 25–June 5, 2022.
Characteristics of pilgrims who sought medical care from medical tents during the Uganda Martyrs’ commemoration mass gathering, May 25–June 5, 2022.</p
Schema showing suspected priority diseases among pilgrims who sought medical care from medical tents during the Uganda Martyrs’ commemoration mass gathering, May 25–June 5, 2022.
Schema showing suspected priority diseases among pilgrims who sought medical care from medical tents during the Uganda Martyrs’ commemoration mass gathering, May 25–June 5, 2022.</p
STROBE statement—Checklist of items that should be included in reports of observational studies.
STROBE statement—Checklist of items that should be included in reports of observational studies.</p
Medical records.
Mass gatherings frequently include close, prolonged interactions between people, which presents opportunities for infectious disease transmission. Over 20,000 pilgrims gathered at Namugongo Catholic and Protestant shrines to commemorate 2022 Uganda Martyr’s Day. We described syndromes suggestive of key priority diseases particularly COVID–19 and viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) among visiting pilgrims during May 25–June 5, 2022. We conducted a survey among pilgrims at the catholic and protestant shrines based on signs and symptoms for key priority diseases: COVID–19 and VHF. A suspected COVID–19 case was defined as acute respiratory illness (temperature greater 37.5°C and at least one sign/symptom of respiratory infection such as cough or shortness of breath) whereas a suspected VHF case was defined as fever >37.5°C and unexplained bleeding among pilgrims who visited Namugongo Catholic and Protestant shrines from May 25 to June 5, 2022. Pilgrims were sampled systematically at entrances and demarcated zonal areas to participate in the survey. Additionally, we extracted secondary data on pilgrims who sought emergency medical services from Health Management Information System registers. Descriptive analysis was conducted to identify syndromes suggestive of key priority diseases. Among 1,350 pilgrims interviewed, 767 (57%) were female. The mean age was 37.9 (±17.9) years. Nearly all pilgrims 1,331 (98.6%) were Ugandans. A total of 236 (18%) reported ≥1 case definition symptom and 42 (3%) reported ≥2 symptoms. Thirty-nine (2.9%) were suspected COVID–19 cases and three (0.2%) were suspected VHF cases from different regions of Uganda. Among 5,582 pilgrims who sought medical care from tents, 628 (11.3%) had suspected COVID–19 and one had suspected VHF. Almost one in fifty pilgrims at the 2022 Uganda Martyrs’ commemoration had at least one symptom of COVID–19 or VHF. Intensified syndromic surveillance and planned laboratory testing capacity at mass gatherings is important for early detection of public health emergencies that could stem from such events.</div
Survey data.
Mass gatherings frequently include close, prolonged interactions between people, which presents opportunities for infectious disease transmission. Over 20,000 pilgrims gathered at Namugongo Catholic and Protestant shrines to commemorate 2022 Uganda Martyr’s Day. We described syndromes suggestive of key priority diseases particularly COVID–19 and viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) among visiting pilgrims during May 25–June 5, 2022. We conducted a survey among pilgrims at the catholic and protestant shrines based on signs and symptoms for key priority diseases: COVID–19 and VHF. A suspected COVID–19 case was defined as acute respiratory illness (temperature greater 37.5°C and at least one sign/symptom of respiratory infection such as cough or shortness of breath) whereas a suspected VHF case was defined as fever >37.5°C and unexplained bleeding among pilgrims who visited Namugongo Catholic and Protestant shrines from May 25 to June 5, 2022. Pilgrims were sampled systematically at entrances and demarcated zonal areas to participate in the survey. Additionally, we extracted secondary data on pilgrims who sought emergency medical services from Health Management Information System registers. Descriptive analysis was conducted to identify syndromes suggestive of key priority diseases. Among 1,350 pilgrims interviewed, 767 (57%) were female. The mean age was 37.9 (±17.9) years. Nearly all pilgrims 1,331 (98.6%) were Ugandans. A total of 236 (18%) reported ≥1 case definition symptom and 42 (3%) reported ≥2 symptoms. Thirty-nine (2.9%) were suspected COVID–19 cases and three (0.2%) were suspected VHF cases from different regions of Uganda. Among 5,582 pilgrims who sought medical care from tents, 628 (11.3%) had suspected COVID–19 and one had suspected VHF. Almost one in fifty pilgrims at the 2022 Uganda Martyrs’ commemoration had at least one symptom of COVID–19 or VHF. Intensified syndromic surveillance and planned laboratory testing capacity at mass gatherings is important for early detection of public health emergencies that could stem from such events.</div
Additional file 1 of Severe morbidity and hospital-based mortality from Rift Valley fever disease between November 2017 and March 2020 among humans in Uganda
Supplementary Material 1. Additional file 1. DOC (Microsoft Word). Standard case definition for reporting suspected Rift Valley fever cases from the health facility to the district health office in Ugand
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Distribution of COVID-19 positive tests by date of testing among refugees in Nyakabande Transit Centre, Kisoro District, Uganda, April-June 2022(a)-tests done at time of relocation (b)-tests done at time of entry.</p
Socio-demographic characteristics of cases and controls in Nyakabande Transit Centre, Kisoro District, Uganda, June–July 2022.
Socio-demographic characteristics of cases and controls in Nyakabande Transit Centre, Kisoro District, Uganda, June–July 2022.</p