Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six health workers have been directed to undergo isolation and two units closed at Saidina Abubaker Islamic Hospital in Wakiso district. On Thursday, the Ministry of Health announced the outbreak of the Ebola Sudan virus after a 32-year-old male nurse, an employee of Mulago …
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ADDIS ABABA | Xinhua | The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has warned that the worsening humanitarian situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) hampers the fight against the spread of Mpox in the region. The number of mpox cases reported in Africa …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization ( WHO) has allocated US$ 1 million (sh3.7 billion) from its Contingency Fund for Emergencies to help quickly tackle the Sudan Ebola Virus Disease outbreak confirmed in Uganda on Thursday. In their latest statement, WHO says they are readying medical supplies, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health Dr Diana Atwine has said that they expect donors to intervene in halting further transmission of Ebola Virus Disease from Kampala to the region. Atwine was speaking shortly after declaring an outbreak of Ebola in Kampala following …
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LUSAKA | Xinhua | Cholera cases in Zambia have risen to 96, while five people have died so far, according to data released Thursday by the country’s Ministry of Health. The data also show that Chililabombwe District in Copperbelt Province was the hardest hit with 70 cases, followed by Nakonde …
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The index case, who died on Wednesday, earlier sought treatment at Mulago in Kampala, Saidina Abubakar Islamic Hospital in Matugga, Wakiso District, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital as well as from a traditional healer (witch doctor). Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus …
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President Donald J. Trump: From this day on, the United States of America will be a free, sovereign and independent nation. We will stand bravely. We will live proudly. We will dream boldly, and nothing will stand in our way Washington, US | AGENCIES | US President Donald Trump signed …
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Dodoma, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | Tanzania’s President, Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced that health officials have identified a positive case of the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in Biharamuro District, located in the northern Kagera Region close to Uganda. The Tanzania President made the revelation today in a press briefing with …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has classified five districts in Uganda including Rakai, Kyotera, Isingiro, Kalangala and Ntungamo as high risk following an alert from the World Health Organisation of a suspected Marburg outbreak in neighbouring Tanzania. Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng said they …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has trained 2,702 teachers from 1,440 schools in high-risk districts to strengthen school health systems and help contain the spread of the Mpox disease among school children. Speaking to journalists on Friday at the Media Center, the Minister of Health …
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