#World Health Organization

President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that Uganda has gone five days without a new Ebola case, using a live national address to ban handshakes and demand strict public discipline to completely eliminate the outbreak.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has praised Uganda's aggressive border screening and medical surveillance systems for successfully containing a potential Ebola outbreak along the DRC border.

The Ugandan government has ramped up Mpox vaccination efforts, targeting high-risk areas in Kampala, as the outbreak continues to spread. So far, 9,031 people,...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has allocated funds to assist Uganda in controlling a recent monkeypox outbreak, which first surfaced in July 2024 in...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has reaffirmed Uganda’s commitment to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), focusing on...

What is mpox (monkeypox)? Mpox is an illness caused by the monkeypox virus according to information from the World Health Organization (WHO). It is a...

The Ministry of Health said the only approved method for confirming the Ebola virus is the PCR test, citing a surge in illegal testing tools.   "It has...

The Minister of Health Dr. Ruth Jane Aceng has said 144,025 people have received their first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine which was acquired...

By Fred Kiva The World Health Organization (WHO) and other Lead Paint Alliance partners are urging governments to scale up efforts towards elimination of lead...

By Fred Kiva A High level cross-border ministerial meeting on the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is underway in the Central...

By BBC The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo a "public health emergency of international concern"....

By Fred Kiva The World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has commended Uganda's response in the fight against Ebola....