All is set for the regional ministerial meeting on Ebola that kicks off tomorrow, Wednesday, October 12 in Kampala. According to the Ministry of Health spokesperson, Emmanuel Ainebyoona, the meeting will develop strategies for turning the tide against the disease that has claimed 17 lives, with 48 cumulative cases and […]
Eugene Kinyanda, the head of mental health research at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) has decried the lack of funds to support mental health workers meant to attend to Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) victims. Kinyanda was speaking during a World Health Organization (WHO) Africa virtual press briefing that shed […]
An Ebola patient who was discharged yesterday after completing treatment has chosen to stay back and take care of her infected 2-year-old child. According to health minister Dr. Jane Aceng, the child’s mother has opted to remain at Madudu Ebola treatment unit after undergoing counseling. Her husband too is still […]
By Dan Wandera President Yoweri Museveni has offered Mubende State Lodge for Ebola Isolation. This has been confirmed by Hope Nakazibwe, the Mubende district Woman Member of Parliament. Members of the National Ebola Taskforce have already inspected the state lodge grounds to assess the possibility of establishing a spacious Ebola […]
The health ministry is today set to discharge some of the 65 health workers who were recently quarantined after being exposed to the Ebola Sudan strain virus. This is confirmed by health minister Dr. Jane Aceng. The current Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has so far claimed the lives of four […]
