The Ministry of Health sent out a press release informing the general public of a cholera outbreak in parts of Kampala city. Contaminated water and the lack of toilets have been cited as the cause of the outbreak. Press Release – Cholera in Kampala by Emma Laura Kisa on Scribd
The Ministry of health has confirmed the outbreak of Rift valley fever in Kabale western Uganda. The new reports in the Ministry of health given to the media at the media centre today by the Director General of health services Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng show that there are three new suspected cases identified and their blood […]
The ministry of health has started investigating a strange disease that broke out early this week in Mubende district. The outbreak has so far killed six people and affected 11 others in the district. The victims bleed from their noses and mouth and they feel as though something is walking in the insides of their […]
The public is free to access Mulago hospital and Kabale hospital despite the outbreak of Marburg in the country. According to the permanent secretary ministry of health Asuman Lukwago the ministry has got all it takes to contain the disease after containing Ebola which has similar control mechanism. He says that they have already isolated […]
The ministry of health has confirmed that one of its senior officials is being monitored after getting into contact with a Marburg patient. Dr Sheila Ndyanabangi, the principal medical officer mental health is said to have had contact with a patient in Mulago and she is currently in isolation. The ministry’s public Relations officer Rukia Nakamatte […]
The Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of the Marburg virus in Kitumba sub-county, Kabale district in western Uganda. This follows laboratory tests done at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) which confirmed three samples positive of the highly infectious viral hemorrhagic fever. The director general health services Dr Jane Aceng say Preliminary reports […]
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 […]
Police have warned members of the public on the outbreak of most fires that have destroyed property worth millions of shillings. This follows an outbreak of the Wednesday fire which destroyed property worth millions of shillings at Accurate Motor Garage on Spire Road in Jinja municipality. The police commander of Jinja, Jonathan Musinguzi says that […]