The World Health Organization director for Africa said Uganda has started a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola, for which there is currently no approved vaccine.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was releasing an additional $2 million to support Uganda's response to its Ebola outbreak, which ...

Uganda discharged on Tuesday the last eight patients who recovered from Ebola, health authorities reported, and there were no other positive cases in the outbreak declared last month.

The World Health Organization declared the recent outbreak of the disease a public health emergency after the new variant, which appears to spread more easily between people, was identified.

The World Health Organization will send an initial allocation of $1 million from a contingency fund to support Uganda’s response, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO director-general, said in a ...

World Bicycle Relief, operating locally as Buffalo Bicycles Uganda, has collaborated with Ugandan health authorities since ...

The country has faced multiple outbreaks and, in doing so, has built a resilient health system capable of detecting and containing outbreaks rapidly. With active support from the World Health ...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, ... In its last outbreak, more than two years ago, Uganda saw 164 cases and 55 confirmed deaths from Ebola. ...

The World Health Organization will send an initial allocation of $1 million from a contingency fund to support Uganda’s response, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO director-general, said in a ...

According to Target Malaria, which cited information from the World Health Organization, Uganda reported 12.6 million cases of this mosquito-borne disease in 2023 and over 15,945 estimated deaths.

For weeks, Uganda has battled an outbreak of mpox, also known as monkeypox, that has affected more than 2,000 people and caused 13 deaths, according to the World Health Organization.

World Health Organization described the recoveries as a milestone that “reflects the power of Uganda’s quick and coordinated response.” Most of the Ebola patients were treated at the main ...