Although African countries have made commendable progress in establishing human and animal health reporting platforms, these systems still operate largely in silos COMMENT | DR SAMUEL KAHARIRI | What comes to mind when you think about public health threats? Perhaps you picture hospital wards, busy emergency rooms, …
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Experts blame bush meat hunting and consumption Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | On September 19th, the Ministry of Health declared an Ebola Sudan outbreak in Mubende district. A sample taken from a 24-year-old man was identified as the relatively rare Sudan strain. It is the first time in more …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | According to the World Health Organization-WHO, the continent is reported to have registered a 63 percent increase in the number of zoonotic disease outbreaks in the period from 2012 to 2022 compared to 2001-2011. This was revealed on Thursday during a weekly virtual meeting organized …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
