Protecting health workers key to Universal Health Coverage 🟥 18 graded emergencies in multiple African countries ✳ Anthrax in 3 countries ✳ Cholera in 15 countries ✳ Dengue in 11 countries ✳ Diphtheria in 1 country, ✳ Marburg in 1 country, ✳ Mpox in 14 countries, ✳ Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Type 2 …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 1,204 front-line workers in Arua City have missed the first batch of the preventive Ebola vaccination rolled out by the Ministry of Health. The nationwide exercise that commenced on Monday and concluded on Friday, was meant to be a preventive measure for the …
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KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda’s Ministry of Health has announced the launch of a comprehensive Ebola preventive vaccination campaign targeting 25,000 people at high risk of contracting the deadly disease. Charles Olaro, director of Health Services at the ministry, said in a statement issued here Thursday that the initiative aims …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education has issued a nationwide alert to schools in response to the confirmed Mpox cases in Uganda. In light of this health crisis, schools are being urged to prioritize the safety of both students and staff. Ismael Mulindwa, the Director in charge …
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Move is part of wide programme that involves routine multivalent meningitis, human rabies, and hepatitis B birth dose vaccination ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | In a historic step, preventive Ebola vaccination will become the norm in the highest-risk countries, courtesy of GAVI, the public-private partnership Vaccine Alliance that brings together developing …
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NAIROBI, KENYA | Xinhua | The rollout of a vaccination drive to prevent healthcare workers in Africa from contracting the Ebola virus while on duty is in the works, a senior official from GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance has said. Francisco Luquero, GAVI’s head of High-Impact Outbreaks said that inoculating frontline …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government is set to vaccinate over 10,000 high risk health workers against Ebola starting in May, 2024. The exercise will target mainly 20 districts along the border line with the DR Congo, and some places in Kampala city against Ebola. This revelation was made by …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Laboratory tests for the suspected Ebola case in Jinja district turned out negative for both Ebola and other viral hemorrhagic fevers, the Health Ministry announced on Sunday. According to the Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, the samples taken from the late Anthony Mutebe, …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was tension in Mukwanga zone in Buwenge town council in Jinja district on Friday when 48-year-old Anthony Mutebe, exhibited Ebola-like symptoms before collapsing and dying in a trading center. Mutebe’s body, which had blood spills in his eyes, mouth, nose, and ears, was left …
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Hunt for Ebola in the Rwenzori mountains turns into discussion of nutrition, love, and sex The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is funding a five-year project known as the “Strategies to Prevent Spillover” in seven priority African and Asian countries whose aim is to strengthen their capacities to identity, …
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