Tanzania: Young Africans, UNICEF Sign Six-Month Deal
[Daily News] Young Africans have sealed a six-month contract with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) targeting to promote awareness on COVID-19 vaccination and education on Ebola disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 19, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda: "Lockdown is Coming to Kampala Very Soon, Get Ready" - Kabuleta to Ugandans
[Nile Post] The leader of the National Economic and Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) Joseph Kabuleta has warned people in Kampala to get ready for a lockdown due to ebola. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 19, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda: Ebola Lockdown is Coming to Kampala Very Soon, Get Ready - NEED Leader Kabuleta
[Nile Post] The leader of the National Economic and Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) Joseph Kabuleta has warned people in Kampala to get ready for a lockdown due to ebola. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 19, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda to deploy Ebola vaccine in 2 weeks, says WHO official
A World Health Organization official says experimental Ebola vaccines will be deployed in Uganda in about “two weeks.” (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - October 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Uganda: Hundreds Arrested For Violating Lockdown Measures in Mubende, Kassanda
[Nile Post] At least 222 boda boda cyclists have been arrested and their motorcycles impounded for violating the lockdown measures in the two ebola hotspot districts of Mubende and Kassanda. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 18, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda: Medics Say Mubende, Kassanda Lockdowns Will Help Country Fight Ebola
[Nile Post] In his address on Ebola last week, President Museveni instituted measures to curb the transmission of the highly infectious Ebola Virus Disease in the districts of Mubende and Kassanda which have turned out to be hotspots of the Ebola Virus Disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 17, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda: Herbalists, Religious Leaders Urge Ugandans to Follow Science in Fight Against Ebola
[Nile Post] A prominent Christian cleric in Uganda has warned that extreme faith can sometimes lead to mistakes, and has urged religious leaders to believe in science. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 17, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda: UK Announces Support to Help Uganda Manage the Ebola Outbreak
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- The British High Commission in Kampala on 12th October announced that the UK will provide £2.2m to WHO, UNICEF and WFP to support Uganda's response to the current Ebola outbreak. This will consist of: (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 17, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Can long Covid research unlock other great medical mysteries of our time?
Attention and funding for research into mononucleosis, HIV, Lyme, Ebola, Sars and other infections have historically been limited – but long Covid changed thatRead the Guardian ’s new series, Living with long CovidAs the coronavirus grew from a fleeting concern to a full-blown panic, Lili Lim started to hear about people for whom the illness lasted weeks or even months. There were news stories of young people that couldn ’t shake their fatigue or cognitive malaise, of folks who had to quit their job due to debilitating exhaustion.For Lim, the symptoms were frighteningly recognizable.Continue reading... (Source: Guard...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 17, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Tik Root Tags: Long Covid Medical research Coronavirus Infectious diseases Science Source Type: news
Serum Institute to produce Ebola vaccine for use in Uganda outbreak
The Serum Institute of India plans to manufacture 20,000 to 30,000 doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine by the end of November for use in trials against an outbreak in Uganda, its developers and a company source said. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - October 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Uganda: Museveni Announces Lockdown, Curfew in Mubende, Kassanda Districts Over Ebola
[Nile Post] President Museveni has announced a lockdown and curfew in the districts of Mubende and Kassanda for 21 days over the Ebola virus. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 16, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda locks down 2 districts in bid to stem spread of Ebola
Ugandan authorities have imposed a travel lockdown on two Ebola-hit districts as part of efforts to stop the spread of the contagious disease (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - October 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Uganda's president announces lockdown measures to curb deadly Ebola outbreak
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni says the government is implementing an overnight curfew, closing places of worship and entertainment, and prohibiting movement into and out of two districts affected by Ebola for 21 days. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - October 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/World Source Type: news
Uganda: Stop Seeking Treatment for Ebola From Traditional Healers, Museveni Warns
[Nile Post] President Museveni has warned traditional healers against accepting and admitting Ebola patients but also asked members of the public to avoid seeking treatment from herbalists and witch doctors. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 13, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At High-Level Emergency Ministerial Meeting On Cross-Border Collaboration for Preparedness and Response to Ebola Virus Disease - 12 October 2022
[WHO] Your Excellency Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja, (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 13, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
