KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has embarked on a 42-day count-down to end the Sudan Ebola Virus ...

Uganda declared the outbreak of the Sudan strain of the highly infectious and often fatal haemorrhagic disease in January. Ebola symptoms include fever, headache and muscle pains. The virus is ...

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In a sign of the fragile situation in the country, the US embassy has urged Americans to flee South Sudan while they still can. Similar advice was issued by Britain. The African Union, which ...

The government of Sweden has announced new funding of $2 million (about Shs7.3 billion) for UNICEF to respond to the Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Uganda.

Uganda's 10 confirmed cases have been linked to Ebola's Sudan strain which does not have an approved vaccine. In a statement sent out on Tuesday, the U.N. said the funds would cover the Ebola ...

Africa’s top public health agency says that Uganda’s Ebola caseload increased to 14 in the last week with a new cluster emerging from a 4-year-old child who recently died of the infectious disease.

Tracing contacts is key to stemming the spread of Ebola, and there are no approved vaccines for the Sudan strain of Ebola that’s infecting people in Uganda. Ebola, which is spread by contact ...