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Uganda: How Uganda Plans to Contain a New Ebola Outbreak
DW, 28 September 2022
Uganda has quickly put in place emergency plans to deal with recent Ebola cases. Though experts believe that the country is well prepared to handle the outbreak, a new epidemic… Read more »
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Uganda: Medical Interns At Hospital Go On Strike Amid Ebola Outbreak
Nile Post, 27 September 2022
Medical interns at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital have withdrawn their services amidst an ebola outbreak that has claimed 23 lives so far. Read more »
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Uganda: Museveni to Address the Nation On Ebola As Kasangati Registers Suspected Death
Nile Post, 27 September 2022
Museveni to address the nation on Ebola as Kasangati registers suspected death Read more »
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Uganda: Ebola Deaths Reach 11
Nile Post, 24 September 2022
The Ministry of Health has said that the number of people who have died of Ebola in the country has reached 11. Read more »
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Uganda: Seven Ebola Cases, One Death Confirmed in Uganda, WHO Scales Up Response
UN News, 22 September 2022
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 »
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Uganda: Nation Well Prepared for Ebola Outbreak
The Conversation Africa, 24 September 2022
An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus was announced by Uganda's ministry of health on 21 September 2022. Uganda has had at least six previous episodes of Ebola in 2000 (224 dead),… Read more »
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Uganda: Sudan Strain of Ebola Detected in Uganda
UN News, 20 September 2022
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 »
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Uganda: Uganda Announces First Death in Latest Outbreak of Ebola
RFI, 20 September 2022
Uganda's health ministry has announced the country's first fatality from the highly contagious Ebola virus since 2019, declaring an outbreak in the central district of Mubende. Read more »
Ugandan Authorities, UN Health Agency Battle Ebola Outbreak
Ugandan authorities and the World Health Organisation are working to combat an outbreak of the deadly infectious Ebola disease in the country.
The first case was found in the Mubende district, causing health authorities declared an outbreak of the disease on September 20, 2022. The Nile Post reports that Ebola has been reported in Kasangati, Wakiso District.
This is the fifth time Uganda has reported an Ebola outbreak. The last outbreak was in 2018 and the deadliest was in 2000 where 224 deaths were reported. Others were in 2014 and 2017.
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For Uganda responding to disease outbreaks of epidemic potential is not new. This is because the country has been in preparedness and response modes for quite some time and its ... Read more »
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The health ministry has confirmed that the blood sample of a 9-year-old Congolese girl was drawn and sent to the Uganda Virus Research Institute for testing and confirmed positive ... Read more »
