Ebola virus disease

Learning from the West African Ebola Crisis

Learning from the West African Ebola Crisis

The 2014 Ebola Crisis in West Africa has been the largest of its kind in recorded history. The crisis with 26,611 confirmed, probable, and suspected cases of Ebola Virus Disease reported in the three most affected countries has claimed 10,611 lives, according to a 15th April 2015 report by the UN Mission. With the crisis […]

Ministry of health and Tourism team up over Ebola and Marburg

The ministry of health in Uganda is to partner with that of tourism to ensure that all bats in western region are killed. This follows reports from ecologists that the bats are carriers of Ebola and Marburg. According to the permanent secretary ministry of health Dr. Asuman Lukwago all bats in caves and forests will […]