On 20 September 2022, WHO was notified by the Uganda Ministry of Health of an outbreak of Ebolavirus Outbreak. This followed identification of a confirmed a case in Ngabano Village of Madudu Sub- County, Mubende district. Concurrently, two sub-counties; Kiruma and Madudu reported a cluster of six unexplained deaths that had occurred between 1 and 15 September 2022 that have been classified as probable cases. This is the eighth EVD outbreak that has been declared in Uganda, and 5th by the Sudan strain.
The plan provides priority actions to be implemented during the EVD response. The goal of the plan is to contribute to measures to rapidly contain transmission and reduce morbidity and mortality related to SVD.
Ler mais
→