The Latest Breaking News from Ebola

Faith Leaders Called On During Uganda Ebola Outbreak

Uganda's Ebola outbreak has now reach the capital of Kampala as faith leaders are called on to respond.

Zenger · Oct 28, 2022

African health official says Ebola in Uganda is under control

Uganda’s Ebola outbreak is under control, a top public health official in Africa said Thursday, noting that local health authorities are doing well in tracing most contacts

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2022

Ugandan gov’t under fire as Ebola outbreak spreads in Kampala

Health experts say the government’s response to the outbreak has been slow and inept, allowing infections to spread.

Al Jazeera · Oct 27, 2022

Uganda reports worrisome increase in Ebola cases in capital

Ugandan officials have reported 11 cases of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, since Friday, a worrisome increase in infections just over a month after an outbreak was declared in a remote part of the East African country

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2022

Uganda says 9 more Ebola cases confirmed in Kampala, urges vigilance

Uganda has reported nine more Ebola cases in the capital Kampala, bringing the total number of known infections to 14 in the last two days, the health minister said on Monday.

Reuters · Oct 24, 2022

Ebola in Uganda: why women must be central to the response

“No time for that” was the constant refrain heard by gender and women’s health experts working in the 2014/16 Ebola response. This was an emergency and the main thing was to deal with the crisis.

The Conversation · Oct 23, 2022

Uganda says two new Ebola cases confirmed in Kampala hospital

Two more people in an isolation unit of Uganda's main hospital have tested positive for Ebola, bringing total cases recorded in the facility to five, the health minister said on Sunday.

Reuters · Oct 23, 2022

WHO: Ugandan Ebola outbreak 'rapidly evolving' after 1 month

A top World Health Organization official says Uganda’s Ebola outbreak is “rapidly evolving” a month after the disease was reported in the East African country

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022

Uganda to deploy Ebola vaccine in 2 weeks, says WHO official

A World Health Organization official says experimental Ebola vaccines will be deployed in Uganda in about “two weeks.”

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022

U.S. sends experimental antibody, antiviral drug to Uganda for Ebola outbreak

The United States sent Gilead Sciences' remdesivir and Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc's experimental Ebola antibody drug MBP134 to Uganda last week to help safeguard healthcare workers responding to an outbreak that has infected 60 people and killed 44, U.S. government sources told Reuters.

Reuters · Oct 18, 2022