Awareness campaign on viral haemorrhagic fever

Under the supervision of the Dean of the College of Medicine, Assistant Professor Dr Naseer Kazim Al-Maliki
Haemorrhagic fever is a serious viral disease that is transmitted through tick bites or contact with the blood and fluids of animals or infected people. Symptoms appear with a sudden high fever, headache, muscle pain, skin rash, and may progress to internal and external bleeding and organ failure. There is no effective specific treatment yet and the drug ribavirin is used in some cases. For prevention, tick bites should be avoided by wearing protective clothing, using insecticides, not slaughtering animals outside official slaughterhouses, and adhering to health safety measures while dealing with infected people or suspected animals. We emphasise the importance of continuous health awareness and reporting suspected cases to protect the community and preserve public health.