As Uganda is set to be declared free of Ebola disease tomorrow, government has asked the international community to support scientists to carry out speedy trials for the Ebola vaccine. The Minister for Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng says it is important that the Ebola vaccine should be in place […]
The Ministry of Health has received the second batch of Ebola vaccine set to be used in clinical trials. The World Health Organization (WHO) explains that there are currently no licensed vaccines for the Sudan strain of the virus that caused the infections in Uganda, adding that the trial is […]
President Museveni has urged nurses and midwives to assist in the information dissemination on the risks of epidemics and pandemics. The President’s message was in a speech read for him by Vice President, Jessica Alupo this afternoon, as leaders and representatives of different nursing and midwifery institutions in Uganda gathered […]
Ebola cases in Kampala have risen to 14 in the last 48 hours. According to the health minister Dr. Ruth Aceng, this is after nine people were confirmed positive for the viral disease. Aceng says the nine cases are contacts of the fatal case who came from Kassanda district and […]
The Ministry of Health has called for strengthened community mobilization and engagement as one of the ways to curb the spread of the Ebola Sudan strain outbreak in Uganda. Today marks 25 days after the first case of Ebola was confirmed in Mubende. The disease, which has since spread to […]
