Epidemics Tracker

  Why Uganda’s Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary is carrying the pressure of a regional epidemic crisis   COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Over the last decade, every time Uganda has had an Ebola outbreak, it has always found Dr Diana Atwine, Uganda’s Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda is in final preparations of setting up Ebola treatment centers and a Laboratory in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a bid to assist the neighboring country bring the epidemic that has so far affected over 500 under control. Ugandan Health Authorities revealed on …

KINSHASA, DRC | Xinhua | Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have risen to 363, including 62 deaths, according to figures released Wednesday by the DRC government, while Uganda on Thursday reported four recoveries. The latest developments were discussed on Thursday during an online press …

Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda has confirmed one new Ebola case, bringing the total number of infections to 16 since the outbreak in neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was declared on May 15, the country’s Ministry of Health said on Thursday. In an update posted on social …

OSLO | Xinhua | The European Union (EU) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have strengthened cooperation to support the response to ongoing Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, the WHO Regional Office for Europe (WHO Europe) said Tuesday. The cooperation aims to help …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Ministry of Health says over six hundred contacts of the fifteen Ebola Bundibugyo virus-positive cases in Uganda have been placed under a No-fly list. The Director of Public Health, Dr Daniel Kyabayinze, told journalists that the authorities had distributed details of all those under …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Ministry of Health is planning to establish a mobile Ebola treatment centre in Ituri Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of efforts to prevent further importation of Ebola cases into Uganda. Speaking during a meeting with health workers on …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda has confirmed six new cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the ongoing outbreak to 15, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday. According to the ministry’s latest Ebola update, the six new cases were identified among contacts of previously …

DAR ES SALAAM | Xinhua | The East African Community (EAC) will convene an extraordinary virtual meeting of health ministers from June 1 to 2 to coordinate a regional response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak affecting parts of East Africa, the regional bloc said in a statement on Sunday. The …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda has announced the immediate temporary closure of its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following what authorities described as a continued escalation of the Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC and heightened risks posed by cross-border movement. The resolutions were agreed upon by …