Category: Ebola
Merck to donate Ebola vaccine candidate for research program in Uganda
(Reuters) Merck said on Tuesday it was planning to produce and donate investigational Sudan ebolavirus vaccine to a global non-profit organization’s research program in Uganda, which is facing an outbreak of the disease. The investigational vaccine that will be donated to IAVI is similar to Merck’s Ervebo vaccine, which is approved against the Zaire ebolavirus […]
Oct 25, 2022
Uganda Ebola outbreak ‘rapidly evolving’ after 1 month
(ABC News) Uganda’s Ebola outbreak is “rapidly evolving” a month after the disease was reported in the East African country, a top World Health Organization official said Thursday, describing a difficult situation for health workers on the ground. “The Ministry of Health of Uganda has shown remarkable resilience and effectiveness and (is) constantly fine-tuning a response to what […]
Oct 20, 2022
Foreign Policy – Authorities are scrambling to quell the country’s biggest outbreak in two decades. Ugandan authorities are scrambling to quell a deadly Ebola outbreak that is believed to have killed 39 people and infected at least 54 people, fueling concerns of a wider public health crisis since the virus strain currently circulating has no available vaccine. The latest outbreak—Uganda’s biggest in two […]
Oct 13, 2022
Experts hopeful about Ebola control in Uganda
The Lancet – Although there is no vaccine for the Sudan strain of Ebola virus, understanding of how best to prevent and manage Ebola virus infections has improved in the past decade. Paul Adepoju reports. With no approved vaccine, Uganda is relying on early supportive care to protect people against the country’s first Ebola outbreak […]
Oct 7, 2022
EU provides immediate support to Uganda
EU Commission – As the Ugandan authorities have identified over 40 cases of Ebola Virus Disease in the past weeks, the EU has mobilised an initial €200,000 in emergency funding to support the Uganda Red Cross. The funding is part of an urgent request launched by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent […]
Oct 5, 2022
Uganda urgently needs help to stop the Ebola outbreak in its tracks
Fortune – As of September 29, there have been 35 confirmed cases and seven confirmed deaths–with many more probable cases and a suspected fatality rate of around 50%. The outbreak has now expanded to two other districts, with 427 contacts listed for follow-up, and it will potentially spread to congested parts of downtown Kampala, the […]
Sep 30, 2022
Scientists race to test vaccines for Uganda’s Ebola outbreak
Science – A multipronged international effort has begun to pull out all the stops to launch trials of experimental Ebola vaccines in Uganda, which declared an outbreak of the deadly disease on 20 September. According to the most recent World Health Organization (WHO) update, Uganda has had 18 confirmed and 18 suspected cases of Ebola, […]
Sep 30, 2022
Uganda Ebola cases jump to 50, with 1 more death
CIDRAP – The number of people infected in Uganda’s Ebola Sudan outbreak jumped to 50 today, with 14 more cases added to the total, the World Health Organization (WHO) African region said today on Twitter. One more person died, raising the fatality count to 24. Of the 14 new cases, 13 are lab-confirmed and 1 is listed […]
Sep 30, 2022
Uganda is racing to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak
CBS News – Ugandan Ministry of Health Officials said Tuesday that a total of 36 cases, including 18 confirmed and 18 more listed as probable, had been reported. There were 23 deaths within that number, five among confirmed cases and 18 among probable ones. Officials have confirmed to CBS News separately that five people are confirmed to […]
Sep 29, 2022
Ebola experimental vaccine trial may begin soon in Uganda
STAT News – A clinical trial of one or perhaps two experimental vaccines designed to protect against the Ebola Sudan virus could soon begin in Uganda, as long as the country agrees to allow the research to take place, an official of the World Health Organization said Wednesday. The trial could get underway within a couple […]
Sep 29, 2022