New report highlights progress and challenges in fighting neglected tropical diseases

The 2022 Uganda Ebola outbreak is an ongoing outbreak of the Sudan ebolavirus, which causes Ebola, in the Western Region ...

Medical staff prepare to enter a hospital isolation unit in western Uganda during a suspected Ebola outbreak in 2018. Sumy Sadurni/AFP via Getty Images

Uganda: Fighting Ebola in the line of duty

by JAVIRA SSEBWAMI | PUBLIC EDITOR

10/07/2024

Dr Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero, Uganda’s Minister of Health together with the leaders of World Health Organization have declared Uganda ...

Uganda close to be declared Ebola-free: ministry

by OUR REPORTER | UG STANDARD

10/01/2023

Health authorities; Jan Ruth Aceng and PS Diana Atwine (FILE PHOTO) KAMPALA, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Uganda is expected to ...

The ministry said on Twitter that there had been a confirmed Ebola case in the central Mubende district. A 24-year-old man who showed symptoms later died.

WHO confirms 1st Ebola vaccines to arrive in Uganda next week

by UG STANDARD EDITOR | UG STANDARD EDITORIAL

17/11/2022

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said an expert committee convened by the agency had evaluated three experimental Ebola vaccines and ...

A child's finger is marked after receiving a polio vaccine in Kampala, Uganda, on Jan. 14, 2022. (Xinhua/Nicholas Kajoba)

Uganda starts nationwide polio vaccination exercise

05/11/2022

A child's finger is marked after receiving a polio vaccine in Kampala, Uganda, on Jan. 14, 2022.(PHOTO/Xinhua/Nicholas Kajoba) KAMPALA, November ...

HENRY KYOBE BOSA: Uganda’s Ebola outbreak is a test of what we’ve learned from COVID-19!

by UG STANDARD EDITOR | UG STANDARD EDITORIAL

04/11/2022

Medical staff prepare to enter a hospital isolation unit in western Uganda during a suspected Ebola outbreak in 2018. Sumy ...

Uganda assures foreign envoys of readiness to combat Ebola

21/10/2022

Medical staff prepare to enter a hospital isolation unit in western Uganda during a suspected Ebola outbreak in 2018. Sumy ...

An isolation ward in Uganda during a 2000 Ebola outbreak. Despite mounting evidence that infectious diseases can be spread via the handling or eating of bushmeat, local people’s attitudes towards the risks remain relaxed. Education could help solve that problem. Photo by Daniel Bausch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC

Uganda’s Ebola death toll rises to 12

by RADIO TAMAZUJ | CONTENT PARTNER

23/09/2022

An isolation ward in Uganda during a 2000 Ebola outbreak. Despite mounting evidence that infectious diseases can be spread via ...

Tag: Ebola