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Uganda hosts Capacity Building Workshop for National Immunisation Technical Advisory Groups

On February 6, 2023, members of national immunization technical…
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Graduation of Epemiologists

WHO Supports Training of Public Health Fellows in Uganda

Kampala. Fourteen fellows from the Uganda Public Health Fellowship (…
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Uganda Ebola End

Uganda declares end of Ebola disease outbreak

Brazzaville/Kampala – Uganda today declared the end of the Ebola…
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Historical record: Ebola trial candidate vaccines arrive in Uganda 79 days after outbreak declared

Historical record: Ebola trial candidate vaccines arrive in Uganda 79 days after outbreak declared

Kampala, Brazzaville, Geneva – The first doses of one of three…
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First Doses of the Ebola Vaccine Trial being stocked at the National Medical Store in Kampala, Uganda

Historical record: Ebola trial candidate vaccines arrive in Uganda 79 days after outbreak declared

Kampala, Brazzaville, Geneva, 9 December 2022 – The first doses of…
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Handover Ceremony at MoH Uganda. From left to right: Dr Olaro Charles, Director Clinical Services - MoH; Dr. Charles Njuguna, the WCO Incident Manager; HE Kate Airey OBE, British High Commissioner to Uganda; HE Maria Håkansson, Ambassador of Sweden to Uganda; Dr Jane Ruth Aceng Acero, Uganda's Minister of Health; Dr Daniel Kyabayinze, Director Public Health - MoH

WHO and Partners Provide Vital Support to New Treatment Centre for Ebola Patients in Uganda

Kampala - Luxembourg, Sweden and the United Kingdom, through WHO,…
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Hon. Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng Acero poses for a photo with Dr. Charles Njuguna (second from right), the WHO Uganda Incident Manager/Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR) Cluster Lead during the hand-over ceremony of in-kind contributions of medical supplies worth USD 1,123,672 to address the health impact of the drought and food insecurity affecting 19 districts of Karamoja, Lango, and Teso regions in Uganda.

WHO Strengthens Uganda's Efforts to Address the Health Impact of Drought and Food Insecurity in the Country

Kampala - World Health Organization (WHO) has provided in-kind…
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Asio Sarah, the aunt of Akwii's, cooking meal in her home in Kapelebyong

Managing HIV In The Midst Of A Health Emergency

Akwii Magdalena is a seven-year-old girl enrolled in a primary school…
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Rapid response teams bolster Uganda’s Ebola fight

Rapid response teams bolster Uganda’s Ebola fight

First meeting at 8:00am, last one at 7:00pm. In between, Hilda…
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WHO steps up support to Uganda’s evolving Ebola outbreak as hope for vaccines increases

WHO steps up support to Uganda’s evolving Ebola outbreak as hope for vaccines increases

As the first doses of candidate vaccines against the Sudan ebola…
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