Kampala: To avoid the rapid spread of deadly Marburg hemorrhagic fever in Uganda, UN agencies are beefing up the efforts to fight the virulent disease that has so far left one person dead and over 109 others under close monitoring.

The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in a joint statement issued here Wednesday said they are responding to the outbreak by supporting areas of social mobilisation geared towards creating more awareness about the disease, technical assistance as well as logistical support for contact tracing, Xinhua reported.