Uganda is mobilizing efforts to launch a trial vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola in response to a recent outbreak in Kampala. Health officials are expediting vaccine protocols while the World ...

At least 44 contacts of the victim in the current outbreak have been identified, including 30 health workers and patients.

Uganda has had access to candidate vaccine doses since the end of an Ebola outbreak in September 2022 that killed at least 55 ...

Test results on the sick people are pending, and a top WHO official said the outbreak response is proceeding rapidly.

XinhuaThe World Health Organization (WHO) has donated 2,160 doses of Ebola trial vaccine to Uganda to evaluate the efficacy of the vaccine in combating the virus which in the recent outbreak has ...

Uganda confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital Kampala with the first confirmed patient dying from it on Wednesday, the health ministry said on Thursday. It is the East African country ...

Ministry of Health says Ebola precaution measures enhanced in counties after Uganda reported one more death, urges Kenyans to stay alert and report anyone displaying symptoms.

Marburg hemorrhagic fever is a severe and highly fatal disease caused by a virus from the same family as the one that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever, according to the WHO. PHOTO/FILE/COURTESY The ...

The Ugandan government downplayed the post, with a spokesperson describing Gen Kainerugaba's social media statements as "casual" remarks that should not be interpreted as reflecting official policy.

"We would expect further cases in coming days as disease surveillance improves." Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the ...