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Ebola in Uganda: lessons from COVID show that heavy-handed lockdowns may be a bad idea

Since the first case of the current Ebola outbreak in Uganda was confirmed in mid-September, the number of cases has topped 127 across seven districts, including 17 in the capital city Kampala.

The Conversation

Uganda's Ebola responders fret as some people fight measures

Ugandan health officials say they have controlled the spread of a strain of Ebola that has no proven vaccine, But there are pockets of resistance to health measures in rural communities where illiteracy is high and restrictions on movement and business activity have left many bitter

The Independent UK

Kenya sending troops to DRCongo to fight rebel advance

Nairobi (AFP) - Kenya's President William Ruto announced Wednesday that Nairobi was deploying troops to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in a joint regional operation against a rebel offensive.

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A doctor's Ebola memoir is all too timely with a new outbreak in Uganda

Dr. Benjamin Black talks about Belly Woman: Birth, Blood and Ebola — the inside story of what it was like to face a terrifying epidemic in West Africa.

WEKU

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

Anne expresses condolences to families of children killed in Ugandan school fire

Anne is visiting Uganda with her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.

The Independent UK

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

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Eleven children die in horrifying school fire just days before royal visit

Princess Anne, who is currently on a tour of Uganda, had been due to visit the Salama School for the Blind in Mukono, where 11 children were killed when fire ripped through it earlier this week

Daily Mirror

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

Africa CDC: Ebola outbreak in Uganda "not getting out of hand"

Africa's top public health body said on Thursday that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda was "not getting out of hand" and that it was still under control, despite an increase in cases that have spread to the capital Kampala.

Reuters

‘Monstrous’ east African oil project will emit vast amounts of carbon, data shows

Experts say crude oil pipeline from Uganda to Tanzania will produce 25 times host nations’ combined annual emissions

The Guardian - UK

Uganda: Six schoolchildren test positive for Ebola amid fears outbreak could spread through African nation

Six schoolchildren in Uganda‘s capital have tested positive for Ebola sparking fears the outbreak of the deadly disease could spread.

Evening Standard

Ebola infects 6 schoolkids in Uganda as contagion fear grows

Six schoolchildren in Uganda’s capital have tested positive for Ebola

The Independent UK

Exclusive: Jushi Partners With Lucas White's Drop4Drop Bringing Clean Water To 3k People In Gambia, India, Uganda & More

Vertically-integrated multi-state cannabis operator, Jushi Holdings Inc. (CSE: JUSH) (OTCQX: JUSHF) has partnered with Drop4Drop and funded seven different clean water projects in Gambia, India, Malawi, Senegal, South Sudan, and Uganda. The projects are expected to provi

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Airports put on alert for Ebola cases

The Public Health Ministry is beefing up health checks on incoming travellers from Africa in a bid to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus in the country.

AFP

11 pupils die in blaze at Ugandan school for blind

Kampala (AFP) - Eleven pupils at a school for the blind in Uganda have burnt to death after a fire tore through a dormitory as they were sleeping in the early hours of Tuesday.

Daily Mirror

Dormitory fire kills 11 students at school for visually impaired children

The school's headmaster Francis Kirube said the flames swept through the dormitory at the Salaama School for the Blind in Mukono, Uganda, as pupils slept

AFP

Children among 11 killed in fire at Uganda blind school

Kampala (AFP) - Eleven people, mostly children, have perished in a blaze that tore through a dormitory at a school for the blind in Uganda in the early hours of Tuesday as pupils were sleeping.

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11 people killed in fire at school for the blind in Uganda

A police official says 11 people, including children, have been killed in fire at a school in a rural community just outside the capital, Kampala

Reuters

At least 11 die in Uganda blind school fire

At least eleven students died and six others were in critical condition after a fire in a school for the blind in central Uganda, police said on Tuesday.

AFP

Residents on edge as Uganda reports Ebola cases in Kampala

Kampala (AFP) - Uganda has reported 14 confirmed cases of Ebola in the greater Kampala region, the country's health minister said Monday, but sought to assure anxious residents that the situation in the capital was under control.

The Independent UK

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

Reuters

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.

Wales Online

Woman badly scarred by acid attack thought she'd never find love again - but is now set to marry

Linneti Kirungi said she hated men after the attack orchestrated by her ex-boyfriend, but she recovered to set up a mission to help fellow sufferers and then surprised herself by meeting future husband Dave

The Conversation

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.

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