January 11, 2023
Uganda: Uganda Declares End of Ebola Virus Outbreak
In Uganda, a deadly outbreak of Ebola virus has been stopped in its tracks and declared officially over, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. Read more »
December 27, 2022
Africa: 2022 Year in Health - New Ebola and Cholera Outbreaks, MPox Emergency, Covid-19 'Not Over'
The UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, and outbreaks of cholera, Ebola and Monkeypox (now renamed mpox) led to the mobilization of health and… Read more »
November 16, 2022
Uganda: Doses of Ebola Candidate Vaccines Expected to Be Shipped to Uganda Next Week - WHO
Three candidate Ebola vaccines for a proposed clinical trial in Uganda should be shipped to the country next week, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom… Read more »
October 12, 2022
Uganda: WHO Supports Uganda Ebola Response
The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to support Uganda as the Government there responds to a deadly Ebola outbreak, agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on… Read more »
September 22, 2022
Uganda: Seven Ebola Cases, One Death Confirmed in Uganda, WHO Scales Up Response
The UN health agency, WHO, announced on Wednesday that it is speeding up efforts to respond to a fresh outbreak of the deadly, infectious Ebola disease in Uganda. Read more »
September 20, 2022
Uganda: Sudan Strain of Ebola Detected in Uganda
An outbreak of Ebola virus has been declared in Uganda after a case was confirmed in Mubende district, in the centre of the country. Read more »
August 23, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: WHO Supports DR Congo Authorities As Ebola Resurges in Volatile East
Ebola has resurfaced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following confirmation of a case in the restive eastern province of North Kivu, the World Health Organization… Read more »
July 04, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo Declares End to Latest Ebola Outbreak
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has declared the end of its 14th Ebola outbreak after less than three months, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. Read more »
April 27, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Vaccination Campaign Begins to Counter New Outbreak
An Ebola vaccination campaign has begun in northwest Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to halt the spread of a deadly new outbreak in the country, where the disease is… Read more »
April 23, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: New Ebola Outbreak Declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The health authorities of the African nation declared a new outbreak of Ebola after a case was confirmed in Mbandaka, a city in the north-western Equateur Province, the World… Read more »