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Nigeria: WHO Allocates $1 Million to Combat Ebola Outbreak in Uganda

The World Health Organisation allocated $1 million to support Uganda in combating the confirmed outbreak of Sudan virus disease, a strain of Ebola.
A nurse from Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala was confirmed to have died from the disease, with 45 contacts currently under monitoring.
WHO is deploying public health experts and preparing medical supplies to assist Uganda's national health authorities in their response efforts.
There are no licensed vaccines for the Sudan virus disease, but WHO is working with developers to deploy candidate vaccines once approvals are obtained.

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Nigeria: WHO Allocates $1 Million to Combat Ebola Outbreak in Uganda

Apart from the confirmed case, WHO said no other health worker or patients had shown symptoms of the disease.

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Diario Digital Cronio de El Salvador

WHO deploys emergency equipment to help Uganda combat new Ebola outbreak

The World Health Organization (WHO) today indicated that it deployed an emergency medical team to help Uganda fight a deadly Ebola outbreak that claimed the lives of a medical worker in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. The ministry today declared an Ebola outbreak after a nurse from [...] The post WHO deploys emergency equipment to help Uganda combat a new Ebola outbreak occurred first on Diario Digital Cronio de El Salvador.

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Emergency team deployed by WHO to help Uganda fight Ebola.

Last Updated on January 31, 2025 by Nivedita Kampala, Jan 31 (IANS) The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that it has deployed an emergency medical team to help Uganda fight a deadly Ebola outbreak that killed a health worker in Kampala, the Ugandan capital. The personnel will provide technical and logistical support to Uganda’s Ministry […] The post WHO deploys emergency team to help Uganda fight new Ebola outbreak appeared first on THIP Med…

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Government Confirms Ebola Outbreak in Kampala

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (SUDV) in the capital city The post Government Confirms Ebola Outbreak in Kampala appeared first on TowerPostNews.

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WHO deploys emergency medical team to support Uganda in response to new Ebola outbreak

The World Health Organization (WHO) has deployed an emergency medical team to Uganda to help the East African nation respond to a new outbreak of Ebola, which has killed a health worker in the capital Kampala.

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Uganda confirms Ebola outbreak in capital Kampala

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital Kampala with the first confirmed patient dying from it on Wednesday, the health ministry said on Thursday. It is the East African country’s ninth outbreak since it recorded its first infection of the viral disease in 2000. The patient, a male nurse at the Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, had initially sought treatment at various facilities, including Mulago, as well …

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