Uganda Declares End of Deadly Ebola Outbreak
KAMPALA, Uganda—Uganda’s Ebola outbreak is over, the country’s health ministry said Wednesday, capping a nearly four-month struggle to contain a rare strain of the highly contagious virus for which there are no proven vaccines or antiviral treatments. Uganda’s Health Ministry said 42 days had…#healthministry #uganda #kampalaugandaugandas #sudan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Uganda Declares End to Ebola Outbreak After New Cases Abate
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Source: Reuters: Health - January 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Uganda: Uganda To Be Declared Ebola Free
[Nile Post] Uganda is waiting to be declared Ebola free on Wednesday, January 11 after going 42 days without reporting a new case. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 10, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Rwanda: Rwanda Outlines Contingency Measures to Counter Future Pandemics
[New Times] Speaking to The New Times, Edson Rwagasore, the Division Manager, Public Health Surveillance and Emergency Preparedness and Response at the Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) said the country has picked a number of lessons from the previous outbreaks in the region and locally like Ebola and Covid-19 and is partly what inspired advanced preparedness. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 28, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Yuletide - FCTA Heightens Surveillance On Cholera, Monkeypox, Others
[Vanguard] As Nigerians celebrate the yuletide, the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has heightened surveillance over its epidemiological situation, with increased focus on key diseases such as Cholera, Ebola, Monkeypox, meningitis, measles and COVID-19. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 28, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Yuletide - FCTA Heightens Surveillance System On Cholera, Ebola, Others
[Leadership] In a bid to avert an outbreak of deadly diseases in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the FCT Administration (FCTA) has heightened its disease surveillance system against key diseases like Cholera, Ebola, Monkeypox, meningitis, measles, and COVID-19. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 28, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: 2022 Year in Health - New Ebola and Cholera Outbreaks, MPox Emergency, Covid-19 'Not Over'
[UN News] The UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, and outbreaks of cholera, Ebola and Monkeypox (now renamed mpox) led to the mobilization of health and aid workers to contain life-threatening illnesses. The UN warned that the aim of eradicating HIV/AIDS by 2030 was under threat, but a new vaccine raised hopes that malaria can be beaten. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 28, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Epidemics That Weren ’t: How Countries Shut Down Recent Outbreaks
Some of the most fragile health systems in the world can teach us ways to respond to public health threats early and effectively. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - December 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stephanie Nolen Tags: Ebola Virus Medicine and Health Politics and Government Nipah Virus Epidemics Disease Rates Doctors Resolve to Save Lives Congo, Democratic Republic of (Congo-Kinshasa) Guinea India Source Type: news
Scientists develop cranberry-infused lipstick to ward off viruses like Covid, the flu and Ebola
Researchers from Valencia created a cranberry-infused antimicrobial lipstick which can help ward off viruses including surrogates of Covid, flu and Ebola. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 23, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Uganda: Ebola Success Forces Revamp of Vaccines Trial
[VOA] Entebbe, Uganda -- Uganda on Thursday received two more potential vaccines for a trial against the Sudan strain of the deadly Ebola virus. Uganda has recorded 142 confirmed cases and 55 deaths since the September outbreak but has had no new cases since late November. While having no active cases is welcomed, it also means the trial will have to be revamped to test the vaccines' effectiveness. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 23, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda gets Ebola vaccine doses for trial on Sudan strain
Uganda’s government says it has received more than 5,000 doses of Ebola vaccines for a clinical trial to assess their protection against the Sudan strain of the virus that caused an outbreak with over 50 deaths (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - December 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Uganda: 'Ebola Has Been Defeated'
[Nile Post] President Museveni has hailed Ugandans for heeding to the advice of experts which has ensured the country defeats Ebola virus. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 21, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Dr. Anthony Fauci Is Stepping Down. Here ’s His Advice For His Successor
After Dr. Anthony Fauci steps down as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and chief medical advisor to President Biden on Dec. 31, he’ll leave behind a long and storied career. Ahead of his last day, he spoke to TIME from his office at the National Institutes of Health about what’s next for him—and his advice for whoever fills his shoes.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
TIME: You’re leaving your leadership positions in the federal government, but you aren’t retiring. What are you calling the next stage in your career?
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Source: TIME: Health - December 20, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Uganda: Museveni Lifts Ebola Lockdown in Mubende, Kassanda
[Nile Post] President Museveni has with immediate effect lifted the lockdown imposed on Mubende and Kassanda districts to control the spread of Ebola virus. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 20, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda Appears To Have Defeated The World ’s Latest Outbreak Of Ebola
Museveni hailed progress in the country ’s fight against Ebola in a media appearance in London last week. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - December 20, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Zenger News, Contributor Tags: Leadership Strategy /leadership-strategy Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Source Type: news
