Uganda

UN appeals for funds to help contain Uganda Ebola outbreak

The UN has launched an emergency appeal to raise $11.2 million to help fund Uganda’s response to an Ebola outbreak that has killed two people, after the country’s health budget…

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Uganda confirms one person dead in Ebola outbreak

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in Kampala, its capital city, and the death of a nurse, the Ministry of Health says. The victim, who died on…

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Uganda sends more troops to pursue attackers who killed 37 students

KAMPALA, (Reuters) - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni ordered more troops to western Uganda where attackers from a group with links to Islamic State killed at least 37 secondary school students.…

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Militants linked to Islamic State kill 25 in attack on Ugandan school

June 17 (Reuters) - Militants linked to Islamic State killed 25 people in a terrorist attack on a school in western Uganda near the border with the Democratic Republic of…

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Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty

Law punishes 'aggravated homosexuality' with death Widespread condemnation from West LGBTQ activists vow court challenge KAMPALA, May 29 (Reuters) - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has signed one of the world's…

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Uganda plans to start nuclear power generation by 2031

KAMPALA, March 9 (Reuters) - Uganda said it expects to start generating at least 1000 megawatts (MW) from nuclear power by 2031 as it moves to diversify its sources of…

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Rhino, elephant numbers rising in Uganda after years of poaching – agency

KAMPALA, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The number of endangered elephants, rhinos and other animals in Uganda's reserves is steadily improving, reversing years of declines caused by poachers, traffickers and conflict,…

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Uganda receives 1,200 doses of Ebola vaccine candidates for trials

KAMPALA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - A shipment of 1,200 doses of Ebola vaccine candidates set to be used in a clinical trial have arrived in Uganda, where an outbreak has…

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Uganda discharges last known Ebola patient

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda has discharged its last known Ebola patient from hospital, a senior health official said, raising hopes that an outbreak which has killed at least 56 people…

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Ugandan doctors face fear and shortages in Ebola outbreak

NAIROBI/KAMPALA (Reuters) - When Ebola broke out in Uganda in September, 10 doctors immediately stepped forward to work in an isolation unit at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, but now…

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Uganda confirms Ebola case in country’s east as outbreak expands

KAMPALA, Nov 13 (Reuters) - An Ebola case has been confirmed in Jinja in eastern Uganda, the country's health minister said on Sunday, the first time the outbreak has spread…

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Uganda says Ebola outbreak death toll rises to 48

The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in Uganda has risen to 48, with 131 confirmed cases, a health official involved in managing the outbreak said on Thursday. Last week…

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Africa CDC: Ebola outbreak in Uganda “not getting out of hand”

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Africa's top public health body said on Thursday that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda was "not getting out of hand" and that it was still…

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Uganda steps up Ebola response as virus infects 109, kills 30

KAMPALA (Reuters) - The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda has risen to 109 and the outbreak has claimed 30 lives, Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said, adding that…

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Uganda says 9 more Ebola cases confirmed in Kampala; toll rises to 14

(Reuters) - Uganda reported nine more Ebola cases on Sunday in its Kampala region, bringing the total number of cases to 14 in the last two days, the country's health…

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Uganda says two more Ebola cases confirmed in Kampala hospital

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Two more people in an isolation unit of Uganda's main hospital have tested positive for Ebola, bringing total cases recorded in the facility to five, the health…

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Uganda health minister: Three people in Kampala hospital positive for Ebola

Oct 22 (Reuters) - Three people in an isolation unit of Uganda's main hospital have tested positive for Ebola, the country's health minister said on Saturday. "Yesterday ... three individuals…

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Ebola outbreak in Uganda still a manageable risk – Africa CDC

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Africa's top public health body said on Thursday there was a risk of the Ebola outbreak in Uganda spreading but that the risk was still…

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Uganda declares three-week lockdown for two districts over Ebola outbreak

A three-week lockdown has been declared in two districts of Uganda as the country battles an Ebola outbreak. Bars, nightclubs, places of worship and entertainment venues will be closed in…

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First death recorded in Uganda capital Kampala from Ebola

An Ebola patient has died at a hospital in Uganda's capital, the health ministry has confirmed. He was the 19th victim in the current outbreak of the deadly virus but…

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U.S. to apply Ebola screenings for recent Uganda visitors at 5 airports

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration will begin redirecting U.S.-bound travelers who had been to Uganda within the previous 21 days to five major American airports to be screened for…

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Ebola kills doctor in Uganda, first health worker killed in latest outbreak

KAMPALA (Reuters) - A Tanzanian doctor working in Uganda who contracted Ebola has died, the first health worker killed by the disease in the latest outbreak in the country, Uganda's…

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Ebola kills five in Uganda, 19 other deaths likely connected

KAMPALA, (Reuters) - Five people have died from Ebola in Uganda and another 19 deaths were likely caused by the disease, the president said, but he said he would not…

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Uganda has confirmed seven Ebola cases so far, one death

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda has confirmed seven cases of Ebola including in a man who died this week, and seven other deaths are being investigated as suspected cases of a…

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Uganda declares Ebola outbreak

An outbreak of Ebola has been declared in Uganda after health authorities confirmed a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain, the health ministry and World Health Organization (WHO) said.…

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Twin blasts in Uganda capital kill two, injure ‘scores’ -local TV

Two explosions in the centre of Uganda's capital killed at least two people and set several cars on fire on Tuesday, local television reported. NTV Uganda said "scores" had been injured and there…

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Uganda re-imposes lockdown to beat back COVID-19 case surge

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni re-imposed a strict lockdown that included the closure of schools and the suspension of inter-district travel to help beat back a surge in COVID-19 cases in…

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Uganda army to join Congo in offensive against Islamist rebels

The Ugandan and Congo armies are setting up an operations centre in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo for a joint offensive against Islamist rebels who have killed hundreds…

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UPDATED: Uganda’s Museveni declared winner of presidential poll

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won a decisive re-election victory on Saturday, elections officials said, but his main rival Bobi Wine alleged widespread fraud and said citizens should reject the result.…

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WHO reports new Ebola incident in Uganda

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared today on Wednesday that a new case of Ebola has been spotted in Uganda for the second time in a row, fuelling concerns that…

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WHO considering declaring a global health emergency because of Ebola in Uganda and Congo

Dr. Mike Ryan, the World Health Organization’s emergencies chief, in comments to the Associated Press (AP) , said that it was a Congolese pastor who is thought to have…

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Two more Ebola cases diagnosed in Uganda as child dies from disease

The year-old Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now spreading to neighboring countries, as a five-year-old boy in Uganda died from the disease and two of his…

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Ebola case confirmed in Uganda

Uganda’s health ministry says a patient has tested positive for Ebola in what is the first cross-border case of the deadly virus since an outbreak started in neighbouring DR…

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Germany withholds funds from Uganda

The German government has decided to withhold €100 million of funds it had pledged to Uganda for refugee resettlement annually. Germany’s decision follows that of the United Kingdom which suspending…

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