Tag: Ebola outbreak
Simulation by WHO and its partners seeks to bolster Africa’s health emergency readiness and response
The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in partnership with Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention,...
Worsening climate-related health crisis as disease outbreaks surge in the greater Horn of Africa region
New analysis by World Health Organization (WHO) has found that the number of reported disease outbreaks and climate-related health...
Global health agencies’ strategy in support of Uganda’s response to Ebolavirus disease outbreak
Following the declaration of an Ebola outbreak in Uganda on 20 September 2022, the outbreak has now spread to...
Village heath teams and contact tracers now take on EVD in Uganda
Since an Ebola outbreak was declared in Uganda on 20 September, health assistant Nyangoma Kirrungi has been on the...
International Rescue Committee calls for protection of women and girls as Ebola cases increase in Uganda
As Ebola cases and related deaths continue to rise and with the Ugandan president recently issuing strict directives including...
How World Health Organization and its partners are fighting Ebola in Uganda one patient at a time
As soon as the Sudan ebolavirus was detected in Uganda and an outbreak was declared on 20 September 2020,...
World Health Organisation warns of a surge in cholera and other health issues in a wide-ranging global update
So far, at least 63 confirmed and probable cases of Ebola Virus infection have been reported, including 29 deaths; 10 infected...
Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola outbreak declared over as Uganda ups its response against the disease
The Democratic Republic of the Congo today declared the end of an Ebola outbreak that re-emerged six weeks ago...
Democratic Republic of Congo sounds the alarm on resurgence of Ebola in North Kivu region
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have declared a resurgence of Ebola, following confirmation of one case...