Kampala - Dr Allan Mugarura had just completed a grueling night shift in the maternity unit at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital when his phone rang late in the evening of 15 May 2026. Uganda had declared an outbreak of…
Read moreKampala – TheWorld Health Organization (WHO), with funding support from the African Development Bank (AfDB), has handed over a Truck-Mounted Mobile Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory valued at over half a million US Dollars to…
Read moreUganda has ended its Ebola outbreak due to Bundibugyo virus after 42 consecutive days without a new confirmed case, WHO and Africa CDC announced, urging sustained preparedness across the region.
Read moreOn 14 August 2026 in Bangui, the World Health Organization opened a high-level cross-border meeting bringing together the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, South Sudan and Uganda to address the threat of Bundibugyo virus disease. The five countries committed to harmonizing alert mechanisms, strengthening surveillance at points of entry and engaging border communities in preparedness and response.
Read moreUn nouveau financement contribuera à intégrer les données probantes générées par les communautés dans le renseignement sur les flambées épidémiques, permettant ainsi des décisions de santé publique plus rapides et mieux …
Read moreKampala, Uganda - The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Mohamed Yakub Janabi, and the Director-General of Africa CDC, Dr Jean Kaseya, visited Uganda as part of a high-level joint mission to advance regional health sec…
Read moreThe World Health Organization joined the Government of Uganda and partners in celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), one of Africa's most respected institutions for infectious dis…
Read moreAt a health clinic in Arua, a border town in northern Uganda, staff are on high alert after unsuspectingly attending to a patient who was later diagnosed with Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus. It was 8 May 2026, before the outbreak was declared in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, and the staff’s index of suspicion was low. After the patient asked to be discharged, she travelled to Kampala, Uganda’s capital city, where she tested positive for the virus.
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