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Uganda: Uganda Seeks Ebola Funding Amid Exposure of 65 Health Workers
VOA, 1 October 2022
The World Health Organization and Ugandan authorities are seeking nearly $18 million to help contain the Ebola outbreak in the country for the next three months. The initiative… Read more »
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Uganda: Health Workers Among 29 Killed in Ebola Outbreak
RFI, 7 October 2022
The World Health Organization says 63 confirmed and probable cases of Ebola have been reported in Uganda, including 29 deaths. Read more »
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East Africa: 5 Steps to Stop Ebola Spreading in East Africa - A Frontline Expert Advises
The Conversation Africa, 29 September 2022
The biggest Ebola outbreak in human history happened in West Africa from 2014 to 2015. I was on the front lines in Liberia serving as the head of case detection for the National… Read more »
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Uganda: No Need of a Lockdown, Ebola Is Easy to Fight, Says Museveni As Five Doctors Test Positive
Nile Post, 29 September 2022
President Museveni has ruled out a lockdown as had been suggested by some sections of the public after the outbreak of the Ebola virus. Read more »
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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: 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 »
Uganda President Speaks of Plans to Contain Latest Ebola Outbreak
President Yoweri Museveni has ruled out a lockdown following a new outbreak of Ebola. In an address on September 28, 2022 the leader assured the nation that there was nothing to worry about. He added that lockdowns would not be necessary. "We just need to take care of a few things. This time we are fighting differently. It is not necessary to have lockdowns close schools, stop people from going to church, markets, travelling etc," Museveni said.
The leader added that the government has capacity - noting that a treatment unit for Ebola at Mubende Referral Hospital currently has a 51-bed capacity for confirmed cases and eight-bed capacity for patients displaying symptoms. A 31-bed capacity treatment unit has been set up at Madudu Health Center III.
The president also revealed that five doctors and an anaesthetist tested positive for Ebola in Mubende, after being exposed to the first identified case in Mubende between September 15 and 18, 2022.
Uganda has confirmed 24 Ebola cases and five deaths so far.
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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 ... Read more »
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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 »
