HEALTH

US lifts screening of Ugandan arrivals after Ebola outbreak declared over By Goodluck Musinguzi The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  has lifted screening of travellers from Uganda to the United States has ceased after Ugandan officials declared the Ebola outbreak in their country (Uganda). Two 21-day(42)  incubation periods …

  EBOLA FIGHT IN UGANDA – BONNY NATUKUNDA By Goodluck Musinguzi The Uganda Ministry of Health declared an Ebola outbreak in Uganda on the 20th, of September 2022 after confirming an Ebola case at Mubende regional referral hospital. More cases were since confirmed and death from the Ebola Virus Disease …

By Richard OnapatumKatakwi general hospital has on Saturday 28th January, 2023 received a variety of modern electric beds and equipment worth 300million to improve on the patient’s bed ratio in the hospital.The health equipment delivered during the weekend to the hospital include 54modern beds, 57 modern coated mattresses, 97 bed …

Urgent call for better prevention and surveillance: After Ebola outbreak in Uganda By Goodluck Musinguzi On Sept 20, health authorities in Uganda declared an outbreak of Ebola virus after a 24-year-old was confirmed positive for the relatively rare Sudan strain of the virus, termed Sudan Ebola virus, for which there …

CDF Mbadi Praises UPDF Medics For Role in Fighting Ebola HEALTH CDF Mbadi Praises UPDF Medics For Role in Fighting Ebola The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen Wilson Mbadi on Wednesday commended the Chieftaincy of Medical Services for their role in fighting the deadly Ebola Virus Disease. Speaking to …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …