The College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Basrah organized a symposium entitled (Hemorrhagic Fever: The Reality, Challenges and Future Directions).
The symposium aimed to spread health awareness and develop future plans to eliminate hemorrhagic fever.
The symposium, which was presented by Dr. Hazem Taleb Thuwaini, Dr. Nadia Kazem Thamer, and Dr. Amal Abdul-Kadhim Alwan, included an overview of hemorrhagic fever viruses and the role of ticks in transmitting the disease, as well as the measures taken by the veterinary hospital and the supporting authorities to address this disease.
The symposium recommended conducting animal surveys to determine the foci of the presence of the virus, continuing campaigns of spraying and immersing animals to eliminate ticks, as well as supporting the veterinary hospital with insecticides, opening the door for appointment to veterinarians to supply veterinary hospital staff with graduates, as well as expediting the opening of the modern slaughterhouse in Basra and preventing random slaughter outside it.
