UGANDA ENDS EBOLA 42 DAY COUNTDOWN WITHOUT ANY NEW CASE By Goodluck Musinguzi FILE PIC: Health workers wearing protective gear against Ebola. /AP Uganda on Tuesday ended a 42-day count down to be declared Ebola-free with no case reported in the period, the country’s Minister of Health said. Ruth Aceng, …
Read More »CDC, WHO, Uganda to host regional meeting as Ebola spreads
CDC, WHO, Uganda to host regional meeting as Ebola spreads By Goodluck Musinguzi Doctors walk inside the Ebola isolation section of Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, in Mubende, Uganda. In this remote Ugandan community facing its first Ebola outbreak, testing trouble has added to the challenges with symptoms of the Sudan …
Read More »UNDP SUPPORTS KCCA EFFORTS TO FIGHT EBOLA
UNDP SUPPORTS KCCA EFFORTS TO FIGHT EBOLA By Goodluck Musinguzi The battle to end Ebola virus is registering tremendous success in Kampala city and the country at large and there is hope that the virus will be history soon. In Kampala it’s now day 18 since a case was reported …
Read More »Uganda edges closer to being declared Ebola-free
Uganda edges closer to being declared Ebola-free What you need to know: Africa’s top public health body, Africa CDC ,said on Thursday that the outbreak in Uganda was under control. According to the Ugandan Health ministry, 3,600 health workers are still on standby countrywide, while district and community task …
Read More »Ebola in Uganda: Red Cross and community members fight the virus’s spread
Ebola in Uganda: Red Cross and community members fight the virus’s spread By Goodluck Musinguzi The Uganda Red Cross Society conducts safe and dignified burials for community members suspected to have died of Ebola Uganda is currently facing an outbreak of the Ebola Viral Disease (EVD). The first case of …
Read More »PRESIDENT YOWERI KAGUTA MUSEVENI COMMENDED OVER HIS SUCCESSFUL FIGHT AGAINST EBOLA AT US-AFRICA LEADERS’ SUMMIT
PRESIDENT YOWERI KAGUTA MUSEVENI COMMENDED OVER HIS SUCCESSFUL FIGHT AGAINST EBOLA AT US-AFRICA LEADERS’ SUMMIT By Goodluck Musinguzi Xavier Becerra, the Secretary for the US Department of health and human services, has commended President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda over his successful fight against Ebola. He used his leadership skills …
Read More »WEST NILE LEADERS FORM EBOLA TASK FORCE COMMITTEES
WEST NILE LEADERS FORM EBOLA TASK FORCE COMMITTEES Peter Taban Data, Resident District commissioner, Adjumani district By Goodluck Musinguzi ARUA The district leaders from the West Nile region have formed an Ebola task force in preparation for intensified sensitization, and surveillance and to be able to …
Read More »SHS3.6 BILLION ($1 MILLION) USED TO EQUIP EBOLA TREAMENT/ISOLATION CENTERS AT MULAGO, MASAKA AND JINJA RUN BY Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
By Goodluck Musinguzi Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization was handed supplies worthy $995,000( Shs 3.6 Billion) to be used at 3 Ebola treatment and isolation units at Mulago National Referral Hospital, Masaka and Jinja Referral Hospitals. Hon Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, Minister of Health witnessed …
Read More »7th EBOLA TREATMENT UNIT OPENED AT MULAGO NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL, ITS TREATMENT AND TRAINING CENTER FOR KAMPALA CITY
By Goodluck Musinguzi Ministry of Health has opened the 7th Ebola treatment Unit with a 32-bed capacity at Mulago National Referral Hospital in the Capital City of Kampala. This facility will help in the preparedness against any infectious disease, especially the Ebola-Sudan strain. Hon Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, Minister of Health …
Read More »DR TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS COMMENDS WHO PARTNERS FOR SWIFT COLLABORATION OVER VACCINES AGAINST THE SUDAN EBOLA VIRUS
By Goodluck Musinguzi- Kampala The Ministry of Health has received 1200 doses belonging to one of the three candidate vaccines against the Sudan Ebola Virus that will be used in a campaign dumbed Tokomeza Ebola Vaccine trial in Uganda. The Director General of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom …
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