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WHO declares end of Ebola outbreak in Uganda

January 12, 2023 Geraldine Boechat 0

The Ebola epidemic in Uganda is over, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Uganda’s Health minister announced Wednesday, less than four months after the announcement […]

Ebola: Ugandan president orders healers to stop their activities

October 14, 2022 Geraldine Boechat 0

President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday ordered traditional healers to stop treating the sick in a bid to stop the spread of Ebola, which has already […]

Six new Ebola cases in Uganda, says WHO

September 24, 2022 Steven Addamah 0

“So far, seven cases, including one death, have been confirmed to have contracted Ebola from Sudan,” WHO said in a statement, referring to a rare […]

Uganda announces first Ebola death since 2019

September 21, 2022 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Uganda’s Health minister announced Tuesday that there is an Ebola virus “outbreak” in Uganda, resulting in the death of a man in central Uganda, three […]

First cases of the virulent Marburg virus confirmed in Ghana

July 19, 2022 Steven Addamah 0

Ghana is on high alert after two suspected cases of the Marburg virus, a haemorrhagic fever almost as deadly as Ebola, were discovered in early […]

The young Guinean woman infected with Ebola in Côte d’Ivoire is cured

August 25, 2021 Geraldine Boechat 0

The young Guinean woman diagnosed positive for the Ebola virus in Ivory Coast, where she arrived on August 11 from Guinea, is “cured” of her […]

Ebola: Guinea doubts the diagnosis of the Ivorian authorities

August 20, 2021 Geraldine Boechat 0

The Guinean authorities asked on Thursday to the Ivory Coast to proceed to a new analysis of the young Guinean woman in whom the Ebola […]

Guinea declares official end to resurgent Ebola outbreak

June 21, 2021 Geraldine Boechat 0

This time, Guinea defeated the Ebola virus disease that reappeared in the south of the country in last February. National health authorities quickly implemented the […]