As soon as the Sudan ebolavirus was detected in Uganda and an outbreak was declared on 20 September 2020, the country’s health authorities placed emphasis on supportive care, as no effective vaccine for this species of ebolavirus has yet been licenced.
Read moreKampala - The Ministry of Health in Uganda has received from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the World Health Organization (WHO), an assorted set of supplies to constitute three Vi…
Read moreKampala - The Ministry of Health and health development partners in Uganda, including the World Health Organization (WHO), have launched the country's Ebola response plan highlighting planned activities, priority ne…
Read moreThe leadership of the Ugandan Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO), and other health partners visited the Ebola-affected areas of Mubende district on 24 September to assess the health situation, unders…
Read moreIn an accelerated effort to scale up response to the Ebola disease outbreak in Uganda, World Health Organization (WHO) is delivering medical supplies, providing logistics and deploying staff to support the national authorities in halting the spread of the virus.
Read moreThe health authorities in Uganda today declared an outbreak of Ebola after a case of the relatively rare Ebola Sudan virus was confirmed in Mubende district in the central part of the country.
Read moreThe World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Uganda’s Ministry of Health, has commenced a five-day training for 29 emergency responders from five African countries. Held from 15th to 19th August 2022 th…
Read moreThe World Health Organization has provided the Ugandan Ministry of Health with a set of 2,400 tests to strengthen the country's response to mpox through rapid laboratory identification of cases. These kits are among t…
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