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World
Ebola vaccines have arrived in Uganda for testing
Uganda's health minister will receive a shipment of Ebola vaccine candidates on Thursday, which will be used in a clinical trial.Since announcing an outbreak...
World
President Uganda extends 21-day quarantine for Ebola epicentre
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has extended a quarantine imposed on two districts at the epicentre of the country's Ebola outbreak by 21 days,...
Independent Africa
Uganda denies Ebola spreader link to Kampala marathon
Uganda's health ministry has denied claims that a running event held last weekend at the capital, Kampala, was an Ebola super-spreading event.PRESS RELEASE: The...
Independent Africa
How Uganda is grappling with the fight against Ebola
Fighting deadly Ebolain rural Uganda has been hampered by belief in witchcraft or witchdoctors, ignorance, misconceptions and failure to observe hygiene protocols, Health minister...
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‘Ebola is real’: Uganda to test vaccines and close schools early to contain the outbreak
Ebola has taken almost everything and everyone dear to Joseph Singiringabo. The 78-year-old lost his wife, son, and newborn granddaughter to the disease in...
Independent Africa
WHO announces clinical trials of Ebola vaccine in Uganda
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday that three trial vaccines for Ebola will arrive in Uganda next week.The announcement was made during the...
Independent Africa
Uganda assures on Ebola fears as tourists cancel plans
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has assured foreign visitors that the Ebola outbreak in the East African nation will be brought under control.
In an address...
Independent Africa
Uganda to close schools after eight children die of Ebola
Uganda will close schools nationwide later this month after 23 Ebola cases were confirmed among pupils, including eight children who died, the country's first...
Independent Africa
Uganda shortens the academic year to combat Ebola
Janet Kataha Museveni, Uganda's minister of education, announced on Tuesday that the country would cut the length of the school year by two weeks...
Independent Africa
For years, illegal sand mining otherwise known as sand poaching has been a growing cancer in Zimbabwe.
Six school children in Uganda’s capital have tested positive for Ebola, the health minister said Wednesday, marking a serious escalation of the outbreak declared...
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