On 4th December, all the 42 people who had been identified as contacts to the first confirmed Ebola case from Masaka district were discharged from institutional quarantine after showing no symptoms of the deadly virus. These had been identified as Ebola suspects during the contact tracing process by the joint Ebola Taskforce as part of…
Two districts in eastern Uganda have received UGX 16.8 billion Shillings from the Norwegian government for creating awareness for sexual and reproductive health and rights among adolescents in the area. Kamuli and Mayuge districts have received funding for activities under a three-year project dubbed “My Body, My Life, My World” geared towards empowering girls and young women…
Four survivors, who have been undergoing treatment at the Ebola Treatment Unit – ETU in Mubende have been discharged. They were discharged on Thursday amid jubilation by the health workers, district technical staff, and members of the Ebola Taskforce led by Mubende Resident District Commissioner – RDC, Rosemary Byabashaija. The survivors were given household…
Uganda spends UGX 980 billion or USD $260 million in caring for people living with HIV annually, according to the Uganda AIDS Commission. Dr. Nelson Musoba, Director General of the Uganda AIDS Commission says that out of the total shillings 700,000 is used to care for each victim per year in form of buying…
Kampala, December 1, 2022 – Today, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) commemorates World AIDS Day in Uganda as it reaffirms its commitment to the global fight against HIV/AIDS, remembering the 39 million people who have died of AIDS worldwide since the start of the pandemic. We are proud of the tremendous progress we have…
Five people from the same family in Nakasongola District have been placed under close monitoring by health officials following the death of a child from the Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF). The family who are residents of Kikoyiro village in Lwampanga sub-county are close contacts of a 12-year-old boy who succumbed to the viral disease.…
Francis Okello Oloya is a visually impaired person, holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Community Psychology from Makerere University and loves dogs. During the rebel Lord`s Resistance Army (LRA) insurgency in Northern Uganda he lost his vision. Olya is now using dogs to treat war trauma among returnees, survivors, and ex-servicemen. Through the Comfort Dog Project under…
Following a series of consultations with global experts, WHO will begin using a new preferred term “mpox” as a synonym for monkeypox. Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while “monkeypox” is phased out. When the outbreak of monkeypox expanded earlier this year, racist and stigmatizing language online, in other settings and in…
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has acknowledged the progress achieved in the fight against the Ebola Virus Disease but extended the lockdown in Mubende and Kassanda districts by 21 days. The lockdown restricts movements in and out, as a measure to prevent the spread of the disease. Museveni said that the government has been…
Description of the situation Since the outbreak declaration on 20 September, a total of 141 confirmed cases and 55 confirmed deaths (CFR 39%) from Ebola disease caused by the Sudan ebolavirus (SUDV) have been reported by the Uganda Ministry of Health as of 21 November. In addition, 22 probable cases (all are deaths) have been reported since…