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January 7, 2023
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A great day for the country’: Uganda declares an end to Ebola outbreak Control measures including lockdowns have halted the spread of the virus after less than four months Ugandan authorities introduced control measures to bring the Ebola outbreak to a swift end. An Ebola awareness van in Kampala in …
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January 7, 2023
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Treatment of Ebola patients and vaccinations During the Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo in 2018 to 2020, various experimental therapeutics were used for the first time and evaluated in a study. Two antibody preparations, Inmazeb and Ebanga, were shown to be highly effective against the Zaire Ebola virus. At the …
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January 7, 2023
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Prevention and Vaccine Against Ebola In Uganda-CDC By Goodluck Musinguzi Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a very rare disease that can cause illness in people. It is believed to occur naturally in specific animal populations that live in multiple sub-Saharan African countries. In the areas where EVD is most common, …
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January 7, 2023
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Uganda declares end of Ebola after 4-month outbreak The country discharged its last known Ebola patient from hospital in December 2022 and has passed WHO’s 42-day timeline. Uganda has declared the end of a nearly four-month Ebola outbreak it struggled briefly to contain but was then able to swiftly bring …
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January 7, 2023
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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 …
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January 5, 2023
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AFRICA CDC OPTIMISTIC ABOUT UGANDA’S EBOLA OUTBREAK- AHMED OGWELL OUMA By Goodluck Musinguzi The Africa CDC’s acting Director, Ahmed Ogwell Ouma says Uganda has reached day 39 without recording any new case of ebola which shows the government’s excellent coordination of Ebola-containment measures. “The Ebola outbreak in Uganda is not …
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January 4, 2023
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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 …
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January 2, 2023
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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 …
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January 1, 2023
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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 …
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December 20, 2022
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20th/ Dec. 2022 By Timothy Eodu-Karamoja Leaders from Karamoja in conjunction with the joint security forces have turned focus to inter-district reconciliation meetings to sort out grievances with most affected neighbouring districts. According to Ms Betty Okello Otekat the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Amudat says such meetings are good for …
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December 17, 2022
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Will the US-Africa Summit Help Africa and Africans or It’s for Countering China and Russia’s Influence? By Godwin Agaba The Biden Administration plans to invest at least $55 billion in Africa over the next three years. At the U.S.-Africa Business Forum, President Biden pledged $55 billion over 3 yrs to …
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December 14, 2022
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European NGOs in solidarity with Iranian Protestors By Our Correspondent A demonstration was organised in front of the European Commission in Brussels on December 13th, 2022 by several European organisations in solidarity with the people of Iran. This follows the executions of the two young protestors and the Iran protests …
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December 12, 2022
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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 …
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December 11, 2022
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EBOLA OUTBREAK: ADJUMANI DISTRICT ON HIGH ALERT, ASKS FOR PPE FOR HEALTH WORKERS Adjumani district officials and development partners during a taskforce meeting on Ebola By Goodluck Musinguzi Adjumani district health department is on heightened alert following the death of a patient in the neighbouring Amuru district who showed Ebola …
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December 10, 2022
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MULAGO NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL ISOLATION UNIT: ONLY THREE PEOPLE TESTED POSITIVE WHICH SHOWED CONTACT TRACING SAVES By Goodluck Musinguzi Hon Jane Ruth Aceng, Minister of Health said Kampala City and the populous Wakiso district were saved from Ebola-Sudan due to the robust contact tracing. All contacts were hosted at Mulago …
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December 9, 2022
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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 …
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December 9, 2022
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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 …
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December 8, 2022
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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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