Tag Archives: ebola

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man believed to be a high risk Ebola suspect is still missing, according to the World Health Organisation-WHO. The suspect is believed to have had contact with the three confirmed cases confirmed Ebola cases from the same family. Officials are not sure whether he returned …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The inadequate number of health workers is hampering Ebola surveillance along the Uganda-Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) border in Kanungu district.  The inadequate number of health workers is unable to man the various entry points in the district. Hajji Shafique Ssekandi Senjoba, the Chairperson Kanungu …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A number of public places in Kasese district have embraced hand washing as one of the ways to prevent the spread of Ebola following an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC in August last year. Three people tested positive for Ebola Virus in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has recommended a temporary closure of border markets in Ebola High-risk districts. Jacob Ampaire, a Public Relations Officer with the Ministry of Health told journalists in Arua yesterday that all markets along Uganda border with the Democratic Republic of Congo …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buses plying the Kampala-Bwera route have taken no initiative to address the threat that the deadly Ebola virus presents to them, their passengers and family members. Passengers on the bus spend their time on phones, sleeping or watching music videos on the small 6-inch …

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | The World Health Organization emergency committee was meeting Friday on whether to declare a raging Ebola epidemic an international threat, after an outbreak that began in Democratic Republic of Congo crossed into Uganda. The WHO panel, which was formed in 2005, has used the label “public …

  Mpondwe, Uganda | AFP | At the bustling Mpondwe border post, a woman crossing from the Democratic Republic of Congo into Uganda is whisked away to an isolation unit after a thermal scanner picks up her high temperature. Health workers keep Mulefu Kyakimwa, a 32-year-old vegetable oil trader, under …

Bwera, Uganda | AFP | A grandmother in Uganda has died from Ebola, health officials said Thursday, the second fatality in the country since a major outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo crossed the border. Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng announced Wednesday that Uganda had recorded three cases of Ebola …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Another person who tested positive of Ebola in Kasese has died.  The deceased is the grandmother to the five-year-old boy who succumbed to the same disease on Tuesday night.  Dr Yusuf Baseke the Kasese District Health Officer says the old woman who has been undergoing …

Kampala, Uganda | AFP |  A five-year-old boy who tested positive for Ebola in Uganda has died, a health ministry official told AFP Wednesday, in the first spread of a deadly outbreak in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. “”The young patient  died last night. Two more samples were sent to …