Epidemics Tracker

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 14 people are hospitalized following a suspected outbreak of cholera in Elegu Town Council in Amuru district, a busy border point between Uganda and South Sudan. Milton Okello, the district Surveillance Focal Point person, said the suspected cases were detected on July …

DHAKA, Bangladesh | Xinhua | Bangladesh on Saturday recorded two new COVID-19 deaths during the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 22 so far this month. The country on June 5 recorded its first COVID-19 fatality this year when a man died from the infectious disease in the capital …

  ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA | Xinhua | The death toll from Africa’s ongoing mpox outbreak has surpassed 1,800, as the number of cases reported since the beginning of 2024 approaches the 150,000 mark, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). During an online media briefing …

Bullisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has allayed fears of a looming lockdown following viral social media claims around a purported surge in COVID-19 infections in Uganda. Speaking to URN in an interview on Tuesday, Dr Col Henry Kyobe, the COVID-19 incident commander in the ministry, …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation (WHO) is intensifying emergency response efforts to control an outbreak of anthrax in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In a statement released on Thursday, WHO reported that 16 suspected and one confirmed human cases of the disease have been recorded …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Results of a new audit by the World Health Organization (WHO) across 108 country offices in low- and lower-middle-income countries show that many countries are working to increase or reallocate funding from domestic and alternative external sources to address gaps left by the withdrawal of …

  Health workers comb affected districts for remnant cases NEWS ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE |  Uganda’s Ministry of Health together with its partners, the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office and, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), have in recent weeks intensified sensitisation of communities in the Ebola …

  Can the continent walk the talk? **** The African Union has embarked on one of its most audacious health security missions: Ensuring that the continent manufactures 60% of its own vaccines by 2040. Africa currently manufactures a lowly 1% of the vaccines. However, since April 2021, when the AU …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government of Sweden has announced a $2 million contribution to UNICEF to bolster efforts in tackling the ongoing Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Uganda. This funding will support the Government of Uganda’s national response plan over the next five months, with …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Nations (UN) has launched an appeal to raise 11.2 million dollars to fund national response efforts against the Ebola Virus disease, which was detected in Uganda in January 2025. While the Health Ministry officials had announced on February 18 that the country …