Epidemics Tracker

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The government of Uganda is to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of South Sudan to extend its support in the Ebola response by sending health workers. Dr. Charles Ayume, the  State for Health in charge of Primary Health Care, said the …

GENEVA | Xinhua | The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has become the second-largest on record and is moving faster than previous ones, pushing health officials into a race to keep it from becoming the deadliest. The latest official count showed 4,449 confirmed cases and …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The World Health Organisation (WHO) has defended Uganda’s decision to declare the end of its Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak before completing the conventional 42-day waiting period, saying the country remained focused on the primary objective of halting transmission and protecting public health. Uganda discharged its last …

  Uganda says modern outbreak science has changed what investigators can know. Is it time to rethink the 42-day rule?   COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | When Uganda’s Ministry of Health announced on July 28, 2026, that the country had declared the end of its latest Ebola outbreak, something unusual …

Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Monday praised Uganda for successfully containing its latest Ebola outbreak, attributing the achievement to strong national leadership and coordinated action. Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya made the remarks on social media platform X after …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Researchers have identified genetic changes in the Ebola Bundibugyo virus that could reduce the effectiveness of existing diagnostic tests, prompting the development of new test kits and potentially influencing future treatments and vaccines. The findings come as the Bundibugyo strain continues to infect people and …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | URN | The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has called on the United States to lift travel restrictions imposed on Uganda following its recent Ebola outbreak, saying the country has demonstrated transparency and made significant progress in containing the disease. Africa CDC …

Kinshasa, DRC | URN | Health experts responding to the ongoing Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have revealed that despite the high number of people who continue to get confirmed positive for virus, they are still getting only half of the people they are …

MOSCOW | TASS | A team of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor) has returned from a humanitarian mission in Uganda after Ebola virus situation in the country has stabilized, the agency’s press service has told TASS. “At this point, epidemiological situation …

OPINION | EZANA KASSA | By the time a dangerous zoonotic disease reaches a hospital ward, the opportunity to prevent it has already been lost. Health systems around the world have become increasingly effective at detecting infections in people, tracing contacts and responding to outbreaks. But these systems are largely activated …