It has been 12 days since the last confirmed Ebola case, a stillborn baby of a mother who survived the disease, was reported in Uganda. MSF has been responding to the outbreak of the Sudan Ebola virus variant since its declaration on Sept. 20 by building Ebola treatment centres and treatment units, providing support to the […]
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Since September 20, 2022, the day the Ebola epidemic was declared in Uganda, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working alongside the Ministry of Health to support medical care in the country. As of October 25, 95 patients were confirmed with Ebola and 28 people were reported to have died from the disease […]
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The current outbreak of Ebola in Uganda is highly concerning. Lives have already been lost, and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical teams, who are responding to the outbreak, must work around the clock to help prevent the disease from spreading. But the emergency response is hampered by the fact there are no approved […]
Since the declaration of the Ebola outbreak in Uganda on 20 September (and as of 2 October 2022), the Ugandan Ministry of Health has confirmed 43 cases of Ebola and reported 29 deaths (nine confirmed deaths from the disease and 20 probable). MSF is working with the Ministry of Health to set up an initial […]
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