Tag: Ebola
Independent Africa
Ebola cases rising in Ugandan capital
Uganda’s national referral hospital Mulago in the capital Kampala has confirmed more than nine positive cases for the Ebola virus.
Seven of the new positive...
Independent Africa
Ebola in Uganda: Two districts have been placed on lockdown for three weeks
As the government faces an Ebola outbreak, two areas in Uganda have been placed under lockdown for three weeks.Bars, nightclubs, houses of worship, and...
World
Kampala remains Ebola-free despite death – government
The Ugandan capital, Kampala, remains Ebola-free despite a 45-year-old man dying from the virus in the city a week ago, Health Minister Jane Ruth...
News
Ministers push for Africa Ebola co-ordination team
African health ministers attending a high-level meeting following the Ebola outbreak in Uganda want two regional health bodies to set up an Africa Ebola...
Independent Africa
Why traditional healers shouldn’t deal with Ebola Analysis
“Traditional healers are forbidden from handling Ebola cases,” Uganda's President Yoweri declared in an address to the nation on Wednesday evening, in the latest...
Independent Africa
Uganda suspends traditional healers’ work amid Ebola
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has directed traditional healers to stop treating people during the ongoing Ebola outbreak that has so far killed 19 people...
Independent Africa
Ministers push for Africa Ebola co-ordination team
African health ministers attending a high-level meeting following the Ebola outbreak in Uganda want two regional health bodies to set up an Africa Ebola...
Independent Africa
Ebola confirmed in Kampala as virus continues to spread
Ugandan officials say they’re now concerned about the spread of Ebola virus in the capital city of Kampala, following the death of a man...
Independent Africa
Ugandan doctor who contracted Ebola recounts the road to recovery
A trainee doctor from Uganda who had Ebola was officially released from the hospital on Tuesday.
Hudson Kunsa is a medical student in his last...
World
EU allocates €200,000 to combat Ebola outbreak in Uganda
The European Union has mobilised 200,000 euros to help the Ugandan Red Cross in the face of a fresh Ebola outbreak.The outbreak has already...