The government of Uganda through State Minister for Health and General Duties, Sarah Opendi, has denied reports of Ebola outbreak in the country. Earlier reports had indicated that there has been an outbreak in Mubende district, located in central Uganda. “We would like to inform the public that there is no Ebola outbreak in Mubende District […]
The President, who was today speaking at the opening of the 4th Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) High Level Ministerial Meeting at Speke Resort Munyonyo Hotel in Kampala, stressed that the need for cooperation because Africa, where most of the disease outbreak occurs, has insufficient public health assets. Health Ministers from 41 countries are attending […]
The Member of Parliament for Nakaseke south MP Paulson Kasana Lutamaguzi Semakula has demanded government to declare Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Nakaseke as an epidemic to seek the world health organization intervention. Lutamaguzi told parliament that this deadly disease has claimed lives people in Nakaseke and surrounding districts like Kiboga .He said that according to the […]
Following the declaration that now they are free from Ebola but still under investigations, Guinea has pledged to use similar systems Uganda uses in the fight against outbreaks. Guinea and Sierra leone were worst hit by the Ebola outbreaks where 0ver 11000 died and Uganda under the WHO arrangements sent experts to handle the curbing of […]
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 […]
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 […]
The ministry of health has today officially declared Luwero district Ebola free. This means that the whole district currently does not have any Ebola case. The end of the Ebola outbreak followed the completion of 42 days of the post Ebola surveillance countdown period. Announcing the declaration In Luwero district the health minister Dr. Christine Ondoa […]
The ministry of health has dispatched a team to Luweero district after reports that there is an outbreak of Ebola. 3 people have so far died as a result of a strange disease that is suspected to be Ebola. The permanent secretary at the ministry of health Dr. Asuman Lukwago says the findings will guide […]
Uganda has today been officially declared Ebola free, bringing to an end the outbreak that was first reported in Kibaale district in July this year. This followed the completion of the requisite 42 days of post Ebola surveillance period. The World Health Organisation requires that any affected country monitors the Ebola situation for a period […]
President Museveni’s National Resistance Movement (NRM) Government will declare Kibaale District Ebola-free on Friday 21st September 2012. The District Health Officer, Dr Dan Kyamanywa, says that the declaration will take place if no new confirmed Ebola case is registered in the district. Kyamanywa says that the two suspected Ebola cases that were registered atKagadiHospitallast week […]