Sarcouncil Journal of Internal Medicine and Public Health

Abstract: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is an acute hemorrhagic fever that is caused by a segmented negative-stranded RNA virus from a family known as Bunyaviridae, a genus of viruses known as Nairovirus, the second most distributed of the medically important arboviruses, following the DENV. This study wanted to assess the knowledge and attitude of health care providers (HCPs) of hospitals and primary health care PHC) centers about hemorrhagic fever. This study area covered two main health care centers (Alzahraa and Abd al-Sahib Dakheel) and two hospitals (Alkarkh Hospital and Al-Shaheed Baqure Al-Hakeem Hospital). These centers were provided in an opportune manner. All clients attending these centers during the study period (15/7/2025 to 1/11/2025) and meeting the eligibility criteria were asked to participate, and those who gave informed consent to participate were enrolled in this study. The sample size was 100 HCP and were chosen by a convenient sampling technique. The highest ratio was 78% cause of HF; the lowest ratio is 2% on the parasite and others. Those who scored the highest about the cause of HF were 58% on all of the above, and the lowest score was 1% on contact with human infected blood or tissue, or contact with animal infected blood or tissue. The percentages of the sample's scores were as follows: all of them 47%, and the highest score was all about clinical features, while the lowest was 1 (nausea), and I don’t know. The incubation period is 50% 5-6 days, 15% don't know, and 1-3 days. Good comprehension and attitudes by health workers regarding etiology, precautions, counseling, mode of transmission, and immunization in areas with VHF virus exposures regarding the infection among themselves. In this study—conducted at PHC centers and hospitals—HCPs possess a good knowledge of VHF but maintain some deficiencies in practices regarding the complications, diagnosis, and clinical features of VHF.