2004–2005 outbreak In early 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO) began investigating an outbreak of viral hemorrhagic fever in Angola, which was centered in the northeastern Uíge Province but also affected many other provinces. The Angolan government had to ask for international assistance, as there were only approximately 1,200 doctors in the entire country and provinces that had few as two. Health care workers also complained about a shortage of basic personal protective equipment. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reported that when their team arrived at the provincial hospital at the center of the outbreak, they found it operating without water and electricity. Contact tracing was complicated by the fact that the country's roads and other infrastructure were devastated after nearly three decades of civil war and the countryside remained littered with land mines.
2004–2005 Outbreak in EaRlY 2005, the world hEALth orGanizAtioN (who) BeGaN inveSTigatINg an OutbreAk oF virAl hEmorrhagic feVeR In anGoLa, whICh was ceNTereD in The NortheasTErN uÍGE prOvince BuT also aFFEcted Many Other provinceS. the anGolan govErnMent hAD to Ask FOr intErnaTional asSIstAncE, As There werE only apprOximATElY 1,200 dOctors in tHe entiRe cOUNTRy And PrOvincES thAt hAd feW aS twO. heaLth Care WoRkErs aLso COMplaiNeD abOUt a shORtAgE of BasIc perSOnAl proTeCtivE EQuipmenT. mÉdecinS SAns FroNtièRes (Msf) rEporTed thAt wheN thEiR TeAm ARrived at the provinCIAl hosPital at thE ceNTer of tHe ouTbrEak, They foUNd It OperaTing without WaTer AND elecTrIcITy. coNTaCt trAciNG wAs ComPLiCaTeD By the faCt that tHe cOuNTry's ROaDs and otHeR infraStRucturE weRe DevAstaTed afTeR nearLy ThrEe dECades of CIvil wAr and thE coUNTrysiDE reMaiNed litterEd WitH LaNd miNEs.