EBOLA

 3600 HEALTH WORKERS FINALLY LEAVE MUBENDE AND KASSANDA DISTRICTS, TWO MONTHS AFTER LOCKDOWN By Goodluck Musinguzi In December towards Christmas, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced that 3600 trained healthcare workers of different categories would remain on standby. With concerted efforts and through a whole of society approach, to manage to …

HOW EBOLA LOCKDOWN AFFECTED STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS By Goodluck Musinguzi President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced a lockdown in Mubende and Kassanda districts because Sudan ebola virus infections were increasing and threatened to spread throughout the whole country. The month of October is very critical in the education calendar as …

MUBENDE RESIDENTS SHARE EXPERIENCE AFTER UGANDA WAS DECLARED FREE OF SUDAN EBOLA VIRUS By Goodluck Musinguzi 11 January 2023 Mubende, Uganda ‒ Uganda declared the end of Ebola disease outbreak caused by Sudan ebolavirus on 11 January 2023. The health authorities worked intensely, ramping up outbreak control measures that helped to …

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTRIBUTED $34 MILLION, AND UGANDA CANOLONGER SHIP SAMPLES OF EBOLA  By Goodluck Musinguzi Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak Response Accountability Forum is a follow-on to our November 10th discussions, where we agreed to reconvene to take stock of our collective efforts and impact.  I am so …

MINISTRY OF HEALTH MEETS DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS TO DISCUSS POST-EBOLA RECOVERY PLAN By Goodluck Musinguzi World Health Organization joined the Ministry of Health and other development partners to discuss and endorse the post-ebola recovery plan to be implemented in 180 days in the country(Uganda). Hon Jane Ruth Aceng, Minister of Health …

Ebola Outbreak in Uganda Is Over: Here’s What Went Right By Goodluck Musinguzi February 8, 2023 Colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of Ebola virus virion.   On January 11, 2023, Uganda declared the end of the Ebola outbreak caused by the Sudan ebolavirus. The first case was reported in September 2022 and four …

US lifts screening of Ugandan arrivals after Ebola outbreak declared over By Goodluck Musinguzi The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  has lifted screening of travellers from Uganda to the United States has ceased after Ugandan officials declared the Ebola outbreak in their country (Uganda). Two 21-day(42)  incubation periods …

HOW UGANDA DEPLOYED ITS BEST EBOLA EXPERTS, WE DONT FEAR DEPLOYMENT By Goodluck Musinguzi After Uganda’s Ministry of Health announced the confirmation of Sudan Ebola Virus, there was coordination and sharing of information with medical experts all over Uganda.  With support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners, …

Urgent call for better prevention and surveillance: After Ebola outbreak in Uganda By Goodluck Musinguzi On Sept 20, health authorities in Uganda declared an outbreak of Ebola virus after a 24-year-old was confirmed positive for the relatively rare Sudan strain of the virus, termed Sudan Ebola virus, for which there …

WHO STATEMENT ON THE DAY UGANDA DEFEATED THE SUDAN EBOLA VIRUS By Goodluck Musinguzi Uganda Declares End of Ebola Disease Outbreak Uganda today declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Sudan ebolavirus, less than four months after the first case was confirmed in the country’s central …