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Uganda says it is now free of Ebola after outbreak that lasted four months
Uganda on Wednesday declared the end of a nearly four-month Ebola outbreak that it briefly struggled to contain but was then able to swiftly bring ... World News -
Uganda shortens school term by two weeks to curb Ebola
Uganda will shorten the school term by two weeks to reduce daily contact amongst students and help curb the spread of Ebola, the education minister ... World News -
Uganda reports nine more Ebola cases in Kampala, urges vigilance
Uganda has reported nine more Ebola cases in the capital Kampala, bringing the total number of known infections to 14 in the last two days, the health ... World News -
Uganda confirms two more Ebola cases in Kampala hospital
Two more people in an isolation unit of Uganda’s main hospital have tested positive for Ebola, bringing total cases recorded in the facility to five, ... World News -
Health worker in Uganda dies of Ebola, raising toll from virus to 10
Uganda on Wednesday confirmed the death of a health worker from Ebola, bringing the total number of fatalities from the highly contagious virus to ... World News -
Uganda Red Cross says Ebola straining health system
Several Ugandan health facilities in Madudu sub-county are struggling with management of Ebola patients.At Madudu Health Center III, a 16-year-old ... World News -
Uganda says Ebola caseload rises to 16 as outbreak grows
Uganda said on Sunday its Ebola caseload had jumped to 16 people while a further 18 people also likely had the disease, fueling fears of a spreading ... World News -
Uganda confirms six more cases of Ebola: WHO
Six new cases of Ebola have been found in Uganda, the World Health Organization said Thursday, after the country reported its first fatality from the ... World News -
Uganda health ministry confirms Ebola outbreak
Uganda’s health ministry on Tuesday announced the country’s first fatality from the highly contagious Ebola virus since 2019, declaring an outbreak in ... World News -
New Ebola case in turbulent east DR Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed a new case of Ebola in its violence-wracked east, the country’s health ministry said, just weeks after ... Africa -
Congo health officials investigating possible Ebola case: WHO
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are investigating a suspected case of Ebola in the country’s east, the World Health ... World News -
WHO pushes two Ebola treatments found to boost survival rates
The World Health Organization said Friday that two existing treatments dramatically reduced deaths from Ebola and should be given to people of all ... World News -
Outbreaks from animals in Africa surge by 60 percent in last decade: WHO
The number of outbreaks of diseases that jumped from animals to humans in Africa has surged by more than 60 percent in the last decade, the World ... World News -
Disease experts call on WHO, governments for more action on monkeypox
Some prominent infectious disease experts are pushing for faster action from global health authorities to contain a growing monkeypox outbreak that ... World News -
Third Ebola case confirmed in northwest Congo: WHO
Health authorities have confirmed a third Ebola case in the city of Mbandaka in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization ... World News -
New Ebola case confirmed in northwestern Congo, lab report says
A new case of Ebola has been confirmed in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, the National Institute of Biomedical Research said on Saturday, ... World News -
Three new cases of Ebola recorded in eastern Congo
Three new Ebola cases have been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing the total to five in the last 10 days, the World Health ... World News -
Second Ebola case confirmed in eastern Congo: Health official
A second case of Ebola has been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a health official said on Thursday, less than a week after the ... World News -
Panel identifies more than 80 alleged abuse cases tied to WHO’s Congo work
A panel commissioned by the World Health Organization has identified more than 80 alleged cases of sex abuse during the UN health agency’s response to ... World News -
WHO officially declares an end to second Ebola outbreak in Guinea
The World Health Organization on Saturday officially announced the end of Guinea’s second Ebola outbreak which was declared on February 14.“I have the ... World News -
DR Congo starts 42-day countdown to end of Ebola outbreak in east
The Democratic Republic of Congo, where the deadly Ebola virus first emerged in 1976, has begun a countdown to the official end of its latest outbreak ... World News -
Delayed Ebola vaccination drive to begin in Guinea
Guinea will launch an Ebola vaccination drive Tuesday after a flight delayed by a Saharan dust storm arrived carrying thousands of jabs, as the West ... World News -
Deaths rise to four in Guinea as Ebola disease outbreak flares again
Four people have died in Guinea and several others have tested positive for the hemorrhagic fever in what the World Health Organization says is a ... Africa -
WHO plans rapid assistance after Ebola outbreak in Guinea: Official
The head of Guinea’s health agency said Sunday that the country was in the midst of an Ebola “epidemic situation” with seven cases confirmed in the ... World News -
Congo grapples with resurgence of Ebola outbreak, confirms two cases
Two people have contracted Ebola and died this week in Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the ... World News -
New case of Ebola virus detected in eastern Congo, health ministry says
A new case of the Ebola virus has been detected in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo near the city of Butembo, and the infected person has died, ... World News -
WHO creating global stockpile of Ebola vaccines to stamp out future outbreaks
The World Health Organization and partners said on Tuesday they are creating a global stockpile of Ebola vaccines to help stamp out future ... World News -
Congo hit by second Ebola outbreak, adding to virus epidemic raging since 2018
Authorities in Congo announced a new Ebola outbreak in the western city of Mbandaka on Monday, adding to another epidemic of the virus that has raged ... World News
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