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Uganda's Kabele, Ibanda Declared Marburg-Free

Minister for Health Dr. Christine Ondoa has declared Kabale and Ibanda districts free of the Marburg epidemic.

Uganda: Health Ministry Declares Kabale, Ibanda Marburg-Free

New Vision, 7 January 2013

The Minister for Health, Dr. Christine Ondoa, has declared Kabale and Ibanda districts free of the marburg epidemic. Read more »

After 42 days of no new cases, the health ministry has declared Ibanda and Kabele free of Marburg (file photo).

Uganda: Kabale, Ibanda Declared Free of Marburg

Observer, 4 January 2013

The ministry of Health has declared Kabale and Ibanda districts free of Marburg, following the completion of a 42-day countdown since the last patients were discharged from… Read more »
Uganda: We Need Proactive Approach to Ebola, Marburg

Observer, 29 November 2012

Luweero district recently announced the containment of an Ebola outbreak there. Not long before this, there had been a Marburg outbreak in Kabale district which had in turn been… Read more »
Uganda: Curbing Rampant Viruses With 'One Health'

Observer, 20 November 2012

Barely a month after the World Health Organization (WHO), declared Uganda Ebola-free, scores of people in Luweero have been isolated following another outbreak. Read more »

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Marburg Research Institute Set Up in Uganda

The government together with Centre for Disease Control (CDC), have set up a temporary virus research institute at Ibanda and a diagnostic laboratory at Kabale Referral Hospital in ... Read more »
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Marburg Fever Claims Seven in Uganda

The hemorrhagic virus has claimed seven lives since experts first reported the outbreak in western Uganda. The health ministry has requested 2.3 billion shillings for a Marburg ... Read more »
- Uganda: Marburg Death Toll Climbs to Seven
- Uganda: Shs 2.3 Billion Needed to Rein in Marburg