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Uganda's borders have always been busy and vulnerable. Over the past decade, Ebola, COVID-19, leptospirosis, Marburg, measles ...
Eighteen years after the Ebola virus outbreak in this mountainous region, survivors in Bundibugyo District are still looking for ways to address some of the health complications they say ...
Uganda is grappling with a growing Ebola outbreak, as cases have risen to 14 following the emergence of a new infection cluster, Africa’s top public health agency reported on Thursday. The ...
Uganda has had multiple Ebola outbreaks, including one in 2000 that killed hundreds. The 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa killed more than 11,000 people, the disease’s largest death toll.
Prior to 2014, the largest outbreak of Ebola virus disease on record, caused by Sudan ebolavirus, resulted in 425 cases and 224 deaths in Uganda. There are several reasons for the scope and ...
On Thursday, January 30, Uganda confirmed the outbreak of the Ebola Virus in its capital, Kampala, with the first confirmed patient succumbing to the disease. The patient, ...
As he marks two decades of service, Patrick Wokorach stands as a quiet hero in the world of public health-a man whose journey from a 60-day contract to 20 years of unwavering service is nothing short ...
On 3 February the Ugandan Health Ministry and the World Health Organisation began a clinical trial for a vaccine targeting the Sudan variant of the Ebola virus. The lead researchers are from Makerere ...
South Sudan’s Vice President for the Service Cluster, Josephine Lagu Yanga, on Wednesday opened the 10th East Africa Health and Scientific Conference in Juba, welcoming delegate ...
While the Covid-19 pandemic is firmly in the past for many Americans, US households continue to bear the costs of ...
Pete Wicks recently claimed that he caught a serious disease after starring in a 2018 show that saw him lose a dramatic ...
TOWIE star Pete Wicks has claimed he caught a deadly disease after appearing on a celebrity edition of a Channel 4 reality ...