CAPTION: South Sudan’s Health Minister Luke Thompson Thoan Teny, left, and Uganda’s Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi, right, during the signing ceremony in Juba on September 7th, 2026. (Courtesy Photo). By AgenciesJUBA – South Sudan and Uganda have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen cross-border cooperation in preventing and responding to disease outbreaks and other […]
CAPTION: Dr Kasonde Mwinga, left, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Uganda hand over a truck -mounted mobile laboratory to Dr Dianah Atwine, right, Uganda Ministry of Health, Permanent Secretary on Wednesday, August 26th, 2026. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporterKAMPALA – Uganda has been re-declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization after completing the required 42-day […]
CAPTION: A local leader wearing protective gear raises awareness about the Ebola outbreak in Goma (AFP or licensors) By Severin MoussavouGOMA – According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the current outbreak of the Ebola virus is spreading more rapidly than any previous outbreak, with a provisional toll of 4,449 confirmed cases and 2,061 deaths.Amid the […]
CAPTION: Health workers give a training presentation about how to detect and prevent the spread of Ebola, outside South Sudan’s town of Yei on Tuesday February 26 2019. (File photo). By Agency YEI – South Sudan is strengthening Ebola surveillance along its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, where heavy cross-border movement and informal routes pose […]
By Our reporterCAPTION: The Cabinet has reversed its earlier decision to suspend the facilitation of medical interns, with each set to receive a net UGX Shs1.2 million monthly allowance.While briefing Parliament on Tuesday, the Minister of health Dr. Chris Baryomunsi, revealed that the current cohort of 2,490 medical interns to be deployed across 77 accredited […]
Community-based health workers in personal protective equipment (PPE) disinfect a wooden coffin carrying the body of a man who died of Ebola in Bunia, Congo, July 10, 2026. (Reuters Photo) An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has become the country’s deadliest, killing over 2,300 people in three months, officials said Monday.The United Nations says the […]
CAPTION: Tabby Wilson, the Director General, World Health Organization address journalists recently. (File photo). By AgenciesGENIVA – The current outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to surpass the deadliest outbreak of the disease ever, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters that the […]
By Agencies NAIROBI — More than 2,000 people including a neurosurgeon have died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since its outbreak was declared fewer than three months ago. At least 1,000 of the deaths have occurred in the last three weeks, according to official government data, as the virus continues […]
CAPTION: Health worker carry a coffin in Ituri DR Congo recently. (File Photo).By Our reporterKAMPALA – The Democratic Republic of Congo needs to urgently expand its community-led response to Ebola as new infections and deaths continue to outpace efforts to contain the outbreak, the World Health Organization and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention […]
CAPTION: National Resistance Movement (NRM), Treasurer Barbara Oundo Nekesa, 2nd left, Deputy Secretary, right, General Namayanja Rose Nsereko, right, join National Resistance Movement (NRM) Parliamentary Caucus to applaud President Museveni after the announcement of new crackdown on Friday, August 7, 2026 at Speke Resort Munyonyo. (PPU Photo). By Our reporter KAMPALA – President Yoweri […]