Category: Ebola
‘Death every day’: Fear and fortitude in Uganda’s Ebola epicentre
(Monitor) Bidding the dead goodbye is rarely a quiet affair in Uganda, where the bereaved seek solace in the embrace of community members who converge on their homes to mourn the loss together. Instead, 80-year-old Senyonga is accompanied by just a handful of relatives as he digs a grave on the family’s ancestral land, surrounded […]
Nov 10, 2022
Uganda to close schools after eight children die of Ebola
(The East African) Uganda will close schools nationwide later this month after 23 Ebola cases were confirmed among pupils, including eight children who died, the country’s first lady said on Tuesday.Janet Museveni, who is also the education minister, said there had been cases in five schools in the capital Kampala, as well as the neighbouring […]
Nov 8, 2022
Uganda to close schools after eight children die of Ebola
(ECR) Uganda will close schools nationwide later this month after 23 Ebola cases were confirmed among pupils, including eight children who died, the country’s first lady said on Tuesday. Janet Museveni, who is also the education minister, said there had been cases in five schools in the capital Kampala, as well as the neighbouring Wakiso […]
Nov 8, 2022
Panic as Ebola team buries 3 family members in Kassanda
(Monitor) Panic gripped residents of Kitongo Village in Kalwana Sub-county, Kassanda, as the district taskforce delivered the remains of four people that succumbed to the Ebola Virus Disease for burial.Three of the bodies belong to one family that allegedly exhumed the remains of their relative who had earlier succumbed to Ebola. Mr Muzaffalu Ssenyonjo, the […]
Nov 7, 2022
WFP Uganda Ebola Virus Disease Situation Report
(WFP) The Ministry of Health (MoH) now reports 131 confirmed cases and a further 21 probable cases. This is now one of the largest EVD outbreaks in Ugandan history. On a positive note, there hasn’t been a chain of transmission in Kampala since 14 cases were reported there last week. This indicates that contact tracing […]
Nov 7, 2022
Ambulance officer succumbs to Ebola – MoH
(Monitor) An ambulance officer is the latest victim of Ebola Virus Disease that has so far infected 131 people and killed 49 in Uganda, according to government. Alex Ndizihiwe was announced dead on Friday by Ministry of Health spokesperson, Mr Emmanuel Ainebyoona.
Nov 7, 2022
11/4/2022 Health Care Worker Ebola Fatality at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital 11/4/2022 WHO Africa Ebola Report #42 11/4/2022 Uganda says Ebola outbreak death toll rises to 48 (Reuters) The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in Uganda has risen to 48, with 131 confirmed cases, a health official involved in managing the outbreak said on […]
Nov 4, 2022
10/31/2022 Research successfully integrated into the Ebola outbreak response in Africa (Nature) Clinical trials conducted during Ebola outbreaks in Africa have been crucial in expanding the capacity to combat the disease. The latest Ebola outbreak in Uganda is expected to further improve knowledge on the disease, including testing new tools and vaccines. 10/27/2022 Moderna Nears […]
Oct 31, 2022