Health facilities in Amudat District are recording a resurgence of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) cases, with many girls now crossing into Kenya to undergo the practice in secret before returning home to give birth. Midwives say they are seeing more young mothers with fresh FGM scars, some as young as 14 to 18 years old.…
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention convened a high-level cross-border meeting in Kampala from May 22 to 23, 2026, to strengthen regional preparedness and coordination in response to the ongoing Bundibugyo Ebola virus outbreak affecting Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The meeting, organized in collaboration with the health ministries of…
Travel bans, emergency funding and a continent-wide health alert have become central to efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak affecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, as African and U.S. health authorities warned of the risk of wider regional spread. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention officially declared the outbreak a…
The Society for AIDS in Africa elected a new executive leadership team during a handover ceremony and transition meeting held May 14–15 in Accra, Ghana, as the organization renewed calls for stronger African-led responses to HIV, tuberculosis, hepatitis and emerging infectious diseases. The meeting, held at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel, brought together public health leaders,…
African policymakers, development finance leaders and global partners are calling for urgent reforms to help countries respond to climate change while managing rising debt burdens and protecting economic growth. The calls came during a high-level side event titled “Integrating Debt Sustainability and Climate Transition: African Country Perspectives,” convened by AfriCatalyst in partnership with the Pact…
Uganda’s Karamoja sub-region recorded zero malaria-related deaths during epidemiological week 17 despite a malaria outbreak that pushed infections above epidemic thresholds, according to a new surveillance bulletin from the Moroto Regional Referral Hospital Public Health Emergency Operations Centre. The bulletin, covering April 20–26, reported 8,500 malaria cases across the region, down slightly from 9,810 cases…
Health officials in Uganda’s Karamoja sub-region have confirmed ongoing measles outbreaks in all nine districts, while malaria cases surged past epidemic thresholds and animal bite cases continued to rise, according to a new epidemiological bulletin from the Moroto Regional Referral Hospital Public Health Emergency Operations Centre. The week 17 bulletin, covering April 20–26, reported 27…
Health officials in Uganda’s Mubende region have reported more than 8,000 malaria cases and one malaria-related death during epidemiological week 18, while also warning of rising typhoid, respiratory infections and suspected measles cases across the region. The latest weekly bulletin from the Regional Emergency Operations Centre at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital said malaria remained the…
Health officials in eastern Uganda’s Busoga region have reported more than 19,000 confirmed malaria cases in a single week, alongside rising cases of typhoid fever and severe respiratory infections, according to a new epidemiological bulletin released by the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital. The week 18 bulletin, covering April 27…
Reporting rates from health facilities across Kampala dropped sharply in epidemiological week 17, with all five city divisions falling below the national target for disease surveillance reporting, according to the latest bulletin from the Kampala Capital City Public Health Emergency Operations Center. The bulletin, released by the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) with support from…