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AFRICA CDC OPTIMISTIC ABOUT UGANDA’S EBOLA OUTBREAK- AHMED OGWELL OUMA By Goodluck Musinguzi The Africa CDC’s acting Director, Ahmed Ogwell Ouma says Uganda has reached day 39 without recording any new case of ebola which shows the government’s excellent coordination of Ebola-containment measures. “The Ebola outbreak in Uganda is not …

Uganda edges closer to being declared Ebola-free   What you need to know: Africa’s top public health body, Africa CDC ,said on Thursday that the outbreak in Uganda was under control. According to the Ugandan Health ministry, 3,600 health workers are still on standby countrywide, while district and community task …

Ebola in Uganda: Red Cross and community members fight the virus’s spread By Goodluck Musinguzi The Uganda Red Cross Society conducts safe and dignified burials for community members suspected to have died of Ebola Uganda is currently facing an outbreak of the Ebola Viral Disease (EVD). The first case of …

WEST NILE LEADERS FORM EBOLA TASK FORCE COMMITTEES Peter Taban Data, Resident District commissioner, Adjumani district By Goodluck Musinguzi          ARUA The district leaders from the West Nile region have formed an Ebola task force in preparation for intensified sensitization, and surveillance and to be able to …

MULAGO NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL ISOLATION UNIT: ONLY THREE PEOPLE TESTED POSITIVE WHICH SHOWED CONTACT TRACING SAVES By Goodluck Musinguzi Hon Jane Ruth Aceng, Minister of Health said Kampala City and the populous Wakiso district were saved from Ebola-Sudan due to the robust contact tracing. All contacts were hosted at Mulago …

By Goodluck Musinguzi Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization was handed supplies worthy $995,000( Shs 3.6 Billion) to be used at 3 Ebola treatment and isolation units at Mulago National Referral Hospital, Masaka and Jinja Referral Hospitals. Hon Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, Minister of Health witnessed …

By Goodluck Musinguzi Ministry of Health has opened the 7th Ebola treatment Unit with a 32-bed capacity at Mulago National Referral Hospital in the Capital City of Kampala. This facility will help in the preparedness against any infectious disease, especially the Ebola-Sudan strain. Hon Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, Minister of Health …

By Goodluck Musinguzi- Kampala  The Ministry of Health has received 1200 doses belonging to one of the three candidate vaccines against the Sudan Ebola Virus that will be used in a campaign dumbed Tokomeza Ebola Vaccine trial in Uganda. The Director General of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom …

By Lawrence Okwakol-PallisaThe Pallisa district health officer Dr. Godfrey Mulekwa has challenged people to mind about themselves and carry out various health tests especially for Hepatitis B among others.Mulekwa gave the tip while addressing media on health matters of the district at the district headquarters on Monday, 5th Decemeber, 2022. …

DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE MAJ GEN KATSINGAZI CAMPED IN MUBENDE,KASSANDA TO OVERSEE ENFORCEMENT OF EBOLA LOCKDOWN By Goodluck Musinguzi Uganda Police Force is mandated to enforce Ebola Lockdown as announced by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in a televised speech on 15th October 2022. By 9 am on Sunday, 16th …