Plague affected areas 2017

Affected districts

• Ambatondrazaka
• Ambohidratrimo
• Andramasina
• Ankazobe
• Anosibean'ala
• Tana south
• Tana north
• Arivonimamo
• Faratsiho
• Maevatanana
• Majunga 1
• Miarinarivo
• Moramanga
• Toamasina 1
• Toamasina 2
• Tsiroanomandidy
• Vohémar
• Ambalavao

Treatments

• Cotrim

• Streptomycin (WHO 2015)
• Gentamicin (WHO 2015)

• Ciprofloxacin
• Tetracyclin (WHO 2015)
• Doxycyclin
• Co-Trimoxazol
• Chloraphenicol

• to be taken for 10 days + min. 3 days after fewer is gone

WHO statement 2015
Treatment with common antibiotics such as tetracyclines, gentamycin or streptomycin are efficient on human plague but their efficacy depends on early detection. When this is the case, case fatality can be reduced from 60% to less than 15% for bubonic plague. This is especially important for the pneumonic form, which is highly contagious, can kill in less than 24 hours, and is invariably fatal in the absence of treatment.

For more information please contact:
Fadéla Chaib
WHO Department of Communications
Mobile: +41 79 475 5556
Telephone: +41 22 791 3228
Email: chaibf@who.int

Links

Plague - Madagascar. Information for international travellers by the WHO (3rd October 2017)