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Uganda declares end to latest Ebola outbreak

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April 29, 2025
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The East African country announced its outbreak on January 30 after the death of a male nurse who tested positive for the virus.

A health worker prepares to administer a a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola, during a trial, at Mulago Referral Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

A health worker prepares to administer a a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola, during a trial at Mulago National Referral Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda [Hajarah Nalwadda/AP]

Uganda has officially declared the end of its latest Ebola outbreak, three months after the first cases emerged in the capital, Kampala.

The Ministry of Health announced the milestone on Saturday via its official X account, calling it “good news” and confirming that 42 days had passed without new infections since the last patient was discharged.

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July 22, 2025
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Health experts, officials convene in Uganda for HIV, hepatitis B, syphilis elimination across Africa

KAMPALA, July 21 — Health experts, policymakers, and researchers on Monday began a three-day meeting in Kampala, the Ugandan capital, to accelerate the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis,…

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May 30, 2025
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Global Health Security program donated to Ministry of Health.

Dodoma -The Management and Development for Health (MDH) handed over stationaries and ICT equipment worth over 105m/=Tshs to the Ministry of Health to strengthen surveillance of infectious diseases and laboratory…